Corneille surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Corneille surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 294 people carried this name — #67,126 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is up 28% from 229 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 677 people named Corneille.

14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 66 départements, most often Doubs.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 14
Doubs 94
Ardennes 64
Guadeloupe 40
Hérault 38
Eure 31
Aisne 30
Pas-de-Calais 26
Paris 22

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 46 people named Corneille live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in West Flanders.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

West Flanders 46

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Corneille,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Pierre Corneille
    Pierre Corneille 1606–1684 · writer
  • Thomas Corneille
    Thomas Corneille 1625–1709 · writer
  • Pierre Corneille
    Pierre Corneille 1792–1868 · politician
  • Antoine Corneille 1611–1657 · writer
  • Pierre Corneille 1643–1684
  • Jean-Baptiste Corneille 1649–1695 · writer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Corneille.

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