The Cornelius surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 20,160 people carried this name — #1,775 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 14,600 people counted. That is up 4% from 19,342 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 94 people named Cornelius 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 Misiones.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 57 people named Cornelius.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Paris.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
38 people named Cornelius 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 the Nordic population registers
199 people named Cornelius 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
Cornelius in American newspapers,
1839–1902.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 396,663 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Cornelius,
with a public archive behind them.
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Peter von Cornelius 1783–1867 · illustrator -
John Cornelius d. 1567 · politician
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Florence Cornelius d. 1927
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Florence Cornelius d. 1927
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Andreas Cornelius 1550–1589 · historian
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Johan Heinrich Cornelius 1722–1798 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cornelius.
- 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
- Cornely 372 · U.S. census
- Cornet 494 · U.S. census
- Cornetet 109 · U.S. census
- Cornette 1,722 · U.S. census
- Cornier 577 · U.S. census
- Cornille 122 · U.S. census
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