The Cornelis surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 215 people carried this name — #81,700 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted.
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In Belgium’s population register
At least 5,439 people named Cornelis 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 East Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 305 people named Cornelis.
36 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 départements, most often Nord.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cornelis.
- Cornacchia 466 · U.S. census
- Cornaire 110 · U.S. census
- Corne 536 · U.S. census
- Corneau 310 · U.S. census
- Corneil 162 · U.S. census
- Corneille 229 · U.S. census
- Cornelius 19,342 · U.S. census
- Cornely 338 · U.S. census
- Cornet 429 · U.S. census
- Cornetet 101 · U.S. census
- Cornette 1,373 · U.S. census
- Cornier 580 · U.S. census
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