The Cornejo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 17,591 people carried this name — #2,045 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 16,800 people counted. That is up 42% from 12,416 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Cornejo surname
From cornejo (“cornel, dogwood”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Cornejo» (Spanish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 18,533 people named Cornejo live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
51 people named Cornejo live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 21 people named Cornejo.
Most of them — 14 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
34 people named Cornejo is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Cornejo in American newspapers,
1922–1928.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,569 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Cornejo in Australian newspapers,
1930s–1940s.
62 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Cornejo. The most, 51, date from the 1930s.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Cornejo.
Who carried it
People named Cornejo,
with a public archive behind them.
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José María Cornejo 1788–1864 · politician -
Honorio Cornejo y Carvajal 1861–1937 · military personnel -
Mariano Hilario Cornejo Zenteno 1866–1942 · lawyer -
Abraham Cornejo 1874–1940 · lawyer -
Julio Cornejo 1874–1935 · lawyer
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Honorio Cornejo y Carvajal: Unknown authorUnknown author, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 110 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Cornejo,
in the records of 3 countries.
Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.
United States363 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 311
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 30
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 15
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 6
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
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Example: U.S. war memorial War record Alfred Joseph CornejoBorn 1943; from San Mateo, California. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1967 in Dinh Tuong, South Vietnam. Buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Peter CornejoBorn 1905 in Chile. Enlisted 1943 at New York City; waiter from New York County, New York. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1992, buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Augusto L. CornejoU.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1931, died 1997; buried at Himlayang Caviteno Cemetery, Cavite City.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
Showing 3 of 363 records for Cornejo in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).
France10 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Hector Gustavo CornejoBorn 1908 in Punto (Pérou); died 2001 in Foameix-Ornel (Meuse).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Alice CornejoBorn 1964 in Saint-Amand-Montrond; died 1990 in Bourges (Cher).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Nicolas CornejoBorn 1911 in Spain; died 1993 in Paray-le-Monial (Saône-et-Loire).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 10 records for Cornejo in France.
Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).
Canada2 records
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Santana Rae CornejoDied 1988; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
Showing 1 of 2 records for Cornejo in Canada.
Counts: City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cornejo.
- Cornacchia 458 · U.S. census
- Cornaire 107 · U.S. census
- Corne 479 · U.S. census
- Corneau 343 · U.S. census
- Corneil 162 · U.S. census
- Corneille 294 · U.S. census
- Cornelis 206 · U.S. census
- Cornelius 20,160 · U.S. census
- Cornell 21,558 · U.S. census
- Cornely 372 · U.S. census
- Cornet 494 · U.S. census
- Cornetet 109 · U.S. census
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