Explore the Family Name Gornall

The meaning of Gornall

English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): perhaps a variant of Corney, a habitational name from Corney in Kirkham (Lancashire), with voicing of the initial consonant. Alternatively, a variant of Cornall, itself either a Lancashire variant of Corney (where -all and -ell are hypercorrect pronunciations of Cornah, Corner, and Cornoe, late pronunciations of Corney), or a variant of the Devon name Cornwall.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname 'Gornall' has seen a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 55,732, but by 2010 it had dropped to a ranking of 60,045, marking a change of -7.74. The count of people carrying this name also fell slightly during this period, going from 344 in 2000 to 336 in 2010, a change of -2.33. The proportion of people bearing this surname per 100,000 individuals decreased by 15.38 during the decade, from 0.13 to 0.11.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#55,732	#60,045	-7.74%
Count	344	336	-2.33%
Proportion per 100k	0.13	0.11	-15.38%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Gornall

In terms of ethnicity, according to the Decennial U.S. Census, nearly all individuals with the surname 'Gornall' identified as White in both 2000 and 2010, with percentages being 97.97 and 97.32 respectively, showing a minor decrease of -0.66 over the decade. There were no recorded instances of this surname amongst Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native populations during either census year. The data for those identifying as two or more races was suppressed for privacy reasons.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.97%	97.32%	-0.66%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%