as a Last Name
- 7,287
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Cornish
Meaning & Origins
English: regional name for someone from the county of Cornwall, from Middle English corneys, cornysh. Not surprisingly, the surname is common in adjacent Devon, but it is also well established as far afield as Essex and Lancashire.
| 4,229th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 7,287
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Delaware
- has the most people named Cornish per capita
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