The surname Cornejo
A Spanish surname, carried by 17,591 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex C652
Origin
Spanish origin
From Spanish Cornejo, from cornejo.
One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 17,591 people named Cornejo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 17,551 Americans. That is up 42% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,416.
Who is named Cornejo
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
93% of people named Cornejo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.5% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93%
- White (not Hispanic) 4.5%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.7%
- Two or more races 0.2%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Cornejo has the Soundex code C652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C652.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Cornejo come from?
- From Spanish Cornejo, from cornejo.
- How common is the surname Cornejo?
- 17,591 people in the United States had the surname Cornejo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,551 Americans. It ranked 2,045th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Cornejo?
- In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Cornejo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.5% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Cornejo getting more or less common?
- More common. 12,416 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,591 in 2010, up 42%.