The Cornet surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 429 people carried this name — #46,678 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 625,000 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 4,724 people named Cornet.
110 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 89 départements, most often Paris.
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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 2,764 people named Cornet 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 Liège.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
79 people named Cornet live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cornet.
- Corneau 310 · U.S. census
- Corneil 162 · U.S. census
- Corneille 229 · U.S. census
- Cornelis 215 · U.S. census
- Cornelius 19,342 · U.S. census
- Cornely 338 · U.S. census
- Cornetet 101 · U.S. census
- Cornette 1,373 · U.S. census
- Cornier 580 · U.S. census
- Cornille 101 · U.S. census
- Corno 195 · U.S. census
- Corominas 103 · U.S. census
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