How common is the surname Cornish?

8,050 people in the United States had the surname Cornish in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,353 Americans. It ranked 4,410th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Cornish?

Abbie Cornish, Australian actress (1982-), followed by Joe Cornish.

Where is the surname Cornish most common?

Wikidata records people named Cornish in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.

How do you pronounce Cornish?

Cornish is /ˈkɔɹ.nɪʃ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Cornish getting more or less common?

More common. 7,887 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,050 in 2010, up 2.1%.

The surname Cornish

A place surname, carried by 8,050 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkɔɹ.nɪʃ/ 2 syllables Soundex C652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cornish is more common than 97.3% of them.

Origin

From Corn(wall) + -ish, from Cornish Kernewek, Kernowek.

Cornish is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,050 people named Cornish in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 38,353 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,887.

#4,410

rank among US surnames

8,050

people in 2010

2.7

per 100,000 Americans

+2.1%

change since 2000 (was #4,160)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,401	Criswell	8,077	38,225
#4,402	Denning	8,076	38,230
#4,403	Rey	8,074	38,239
#4,404	Quevedo	8,064	38,287
#4,406	Lum	8,060	38,306
#4,407	Duque	8,058	38,315
#4,408	Lathrop	8,057	38,320

Who is named Cornish

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

62% of people named Cornish identified as white (not Hispanic), 32% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 62%
Black (not Hispanic) 32%
Two or more races 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cornishs

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Abbie Cornish
Australian actress (1982-)
Joe Cornish
British comedian, television and radio presenter, director, writer and actor, born 1968
Thomas Cornish
Australian cyclist, born 2000
Robert E. Cornish
American scientist (1903-1963)
Audie Cornish
American journalist, born 1969
Samuel Cornish
American Presbyterian minister (1795–1858)

Notable Cornishs come mostly from the United States (3), Australia (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Cornish

Cornish has the Soundex code C652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C652.

Questions

Where does the surname Cornish come from?: From Corn(wall) + -ish, from Cornish Kernewek, Kernowek.
How common is the surname Cornish?: 8,050 people in the United States had the surname Cornish in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,353 Americans. It ranked 4,410th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cornish?: In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Cornish identified as white (not Hispanic), and 32% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Cornish?: Abbie Cornish, Australian actress (1982-), followed by Joe Cornish.
Where is the surname Cornish most common?: Wikidata records people named Cornish in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Cornish?: Cornish is /ˈkɔɹ.nɪʃ/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Cornish?: Cornish is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Cornish getting more or less common?: More common. 7,887 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,050 in 2010, up 2.1%.