Explore the Family Name Corneille

The meaning of Corneille

French and West Indian (mainly Haiti): from the French personal name Corneille, from Latin Cornelius.

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How common is the last name Corneille in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Corneille has seen a notable increase in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 77,742 in terms of popularity with 229 individuals carrying this surname. By 2010, this rank improved to 67,126, reflecting a change of 13.66%. Correspondingly, the count of individuals with this surname also increased from 229 in 2000 to 294 in 2010, showing a substantial rise of 28.38%. The proportion per 100,000 people also saw an increase by 25.0% from 0.08 to 0.1.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#77,742	#67,126	13.66%
Count	229	294	28.38%
Proportion per 100k	0.08	0.1	25%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Corneille

Regarding the ethnic identity associated with the surname Corneille, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows some significant shifts between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the majority of bearers of the Corneille surname identified as Black (55.02%), followed by White (37.55%). However, by 2010, there was an increase of 8.18% among those identifying as Black (59.52%), while there was a decrease of 5.81% for those identifying as White (35.37%). There were no reported bearers of this surname identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native in 2010. The percentage of individuals identifying with two or more races dropped by 37.76%, and a new category emerged in 2010, with 2.04% identifying as Hispanic. Data for some categories in the given years may have been suppressed for privacy reasons.

	2000	2010	Change
Black	55.02%	59.52%	8.18%
White	37.55%	35.37%	-5.81%
Two or More Races	4.37%	2.72%	-37.76%
Hispanic	0%	2.04%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	2.18%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%