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    The surname Cornett

    A surname, carried by 15,733 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C653

    Cornett: #2,322 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Cornett #2,322, 15,733 people Cornett: #2,322 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cornett #2,322, 15,733 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cornett is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 15,733 people named Cornett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 19,624 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 15,314.

    #2,322
    rank among US surnames
    15,733
    people in 2010
    5.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.7%
    change since 2000 (was #2,176)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,313McCloud15,78319,562
    #2,314Titus15,78019,566
    #2,315Burnham15,77519,572
    #2,316Grubbs15,77319,574
    #2,317Redding15,76719,582
    #2,318Tilley15,75819,593
    #2,319Royal15,75519,597

    Who is named Cornett

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    92% of people named Cornett identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.9%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Cornetts

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Matt Cornett
      American actor, born 1998

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cornett

    Cornett has the Soundex code C653, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C653.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Cornett?
    15,733 people in the United States had the surname Cornett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,624 Americans. It ranked 2,322nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cornett?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Cornett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Cornett?
    Matt Cornett, American actor.
    Where is the surname Cornett most common?
    Wikidata records people named Cornett in the United States.
    Is the surname Cornett getting more or less common?
    More common. 15,314 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,733 in 2010, up 2.7%.