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There are approximately 7,984 people named Cornish in the UK. That makes it the 1,356th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 126 are named Cornish.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Location or Geographical Feature

Related and similar surnames

Corish
Carnish
Carnishe
Chornish
Cornaish
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Corinsh
Ccrnish
Cornicsh
Corinshe
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Carnishaw
Cornesh
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Cornich
Cornice
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Cormish

The Cornish surname in historical dictionaries

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)

(origin: Local) Belonging to Cornwall, indicating the place from which the family came.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

CORNISH. Belonging to Cornwall— applied originall}' to one who had removed from that to another county. A family so called at St. Issey in Cornwall, "originally descended from one William Cornish, who settled here temp. Queen Mary, a Welshman.''' D. Gilbert's Cornw., ii. 255.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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