Who is the most famous person named Cornwallis?

Frederick Cornwallis, Archbishop of Canterbury, followed by Edward Cornwallis.

Where is the surname Cornwallis most common?

Wikidata records people named Cornwallis in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

English origin

As with Cornwall, ultimately from Old English Cornwēalas (“Cornwall, inhabitants of Cornwall”).

Cornwallis is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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Cornwallis has the Soundex code C654, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C654.

Where does the surname Cornwallis come from?: As with Cornwall, ultimately from Old English Cornwēalas (“Cornwall, inhabitants of Cornwall”).
Who is the most famous person named Cornwallis?: Frederick Cornwallis, Archbishop of Canterbury, followed by Edward Cornwallis.
Where is the surname Cornwallis most common?: Wikidata records people named Cornwallis in the Kingdom of Great Britain.
What type of surname is Cornwallis?: Cornwallis is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.