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UK surname

Cornall

In the 1881 census there were 434 people recorded with the Cornall surname, ranking it #7,512 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 386, ranked #12,202, down from #7,512 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Bury, Kirkham and Lytham. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Preston and Wyre.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Cornall is 606 in 1901. Compared with 1881, the name has fallen by 11.1%.

1881 census count

434

Ranked #7,512

Modern count

386

2016, ranked #12,202

Peak year

1901

606 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Cornall had 434 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #7,512 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 386 in 2016, ranked #12,202.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 606 in 1901.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Spacious Rural Living.

Cornall surname distribution map

The map shows where the Cornall surname is concentrated in each census or modern distribution year. Darker areas mean a stronger local concentration.

Distribution map

Cornall surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Cornall over time

The table below tracks recorded surname counts and rank from the 19th-century census years through the modern adult-register period.

Year Period Count Rank
1851 historical 221 #9,630
1861 historical 384 #6,667
1881 historical 434 #7,512
1891 historical 569 #6,680
1901 historical 606 #7,017
1911 historical 588 #6,942
1997 modern 398 #11,051
1998 modern 423 #10,899
1999 modern 414 #11,156
2000 modern 411 #11,185
2001 modern 397 #11,299
2002 modern 407 #11,294
2003 modern 392 #11,425
2004 modern 388 #11,539
2005 modern 381 #11,619
2006 modern 375 #11,796
2007 modern 376 #11,925
2008 modern 372 #12,123
2009 modern 365 #12,558
2010 modern 377 #12,529
2011 modern 378 #12,363
2012 modern 383 #12,099
2013 modern 389 #12,177
2014 modern 405 #11,880
2015 modern 392 #12,092
2016 modern 386 #12,202

Geography

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Where Cornalls are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Bury, Kirkham, Lytham, Preston and Bispham. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Preston and Wyre. Treat these as concentration signals, not proof that every family line began there.

Some modern areas include a three-digit suffix, such as Leeds 110. The suffix is a small-area code, so it stays in the table while the prose uses the plain place name.

Top historical parishes

Rank Parish Area
1 Bury Lancashire
2 Kirkham Lancashire
3 Lytham Lancashire
4 Preston Lancashire
5 Bispham Lancashire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Preston 001 Preston
2 Wyre 006 Wyre
3 Wyre 007 Wyre
4 Preston 003 Preston
5 Preston 002 Preston

Forenames

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First names often paired with Cornall

These lists show first names that appear often with the Cornall surname in historical and recent records.

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Cornall

Modern surname records can be compared with neighbourhood classifications. For Cornall, this points to the kinds of places where the surname is most concentrated today.

These neighbourhood labels describe areas, not individual people. They are useful because surnames often cluster through family history, migration, housing patterns and local work. A surname can be strongest in one type of neighbourhood even when people with that name live across the country.

The UK classification gives the national picture. The London classification is more specific to the capital, where housing, age profile, tenure and population mix can look quite different from the rest of the UK.

UK neighbourhood type

UK Output Area Classification

Supergroup

Retired Professionals

Group

Spacious Rural Living

Nationally, the Cornall surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Spacious Rural Living, within Retired Professionals. This does not mean every Cornall household fits that profile, but it gives a useful signal about where the modern surname distribution is strongest.

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Group profile

These predominantly ageing households typically have no resident dependent children. Most are owner-occupiers and live in detached houses in low density residential developments (although renting is more common than in the rest of the Supergroup). White ethnicity predominates. Residents are typically beyond retirement age but those still in work have managerial, professional or skilled trade occupations. White ethnicity and Christian religious affiliation predominate. Neighbourhoods are located throughout rural UK.

Wider pattern

Typically married but no longer with resident dependent children, these well-educated households either remain working in their managerial, professional, administrative or other skilled occupations, or are retired from them – the modal individual age is beyond normal retirement age. Underoccupied detached and semi-detached properties predominate, and unpaid care is more prevalent than reported disability. The prevalence of this Supergroup outside most urban conurbations indicates that rural lifestyles prevail, typically sustained by using two or more cars per household.

London neighbourhood type

London Output Area Classification

Supergroup

Professional Employment and Family Lifecycles

Group

Inner London Working Professionals

Within London, Cornall is most associated with areas classed as Inner London Working Professionals, part of Professional Employment and Family Lifecycles. This gives the surname a London-specific profile rather than forcing the capital into the same pattern as the rest of the country.

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Group profile

These primarily Inner London neighbourhoods are more densely populated than the Supergroup average. Residents have a younger over-all age profile than the Supergroup as a whole, and are less likely to be owner occupiers. Full time employment is more common than elsewhere in the Supergroup and multiple car ownership is uncommon. Chinese and non-EU-born European migrants are less in evidence than elsewhere in the Supergroup.

Wider London pattern

These neighbourhoods house people of all ages, predominantly of White British or European extraction. Resident turnover is low. Religious affiliation is less common than average and tends to be Christian if expressed. Homeownership, typically of terraced houses, is common but use of the social rented sector is not. Employment is typically in professional, managerial and associate professional or technical occupations. There are few full-time students. Level 4 qualifications are common. More households lack dependent children than have them which, considered alongside low levels of crowding and over-all age structure, indicates that many households may be post child-rearing and in late middle age. Incidence of disability is low, as is residence in communal establishments.

Healthy neighbourhoods

Access to healthy assets and hazards

Cornall is most concentrated in decile 3 for access to healthy assets and hazards. This places the surname towards the less healthy end of the index.

Lower deciles point towards weaker access to healthy assets or stronger exposure to local hazards. Higher deciles point towards stronger access and fewer hazards.

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Lower access Higher access

Neighbourhood deprivation

Index of Multiple Deprivation

Cornall falls in decile 6 for neighbourhood deprivation. This puts the surname near the middle of the scale.

Decile 1 represents the more deprived end of the scale. Decile 10 represents the less deprived end.

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More deprived Less deprived

Broadband speed

Fixed broadband download speed

The modern neighbourhood pattern for Cornall is most associated with a typical fixed broadband download band of 30-40 mbit/s.

The scale below places that band in context, from slower local download bands through to faster ones.

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Slower band Faster band

Area snapshot

Ethnic group estimate

Most common ethnic group estimate
White - British

This describes the area pattern most associated with Cornall, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Cornall families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Cornall surname. Use the location tables for concentration, then the name and occupation tables for the people behind the surname.

Top counties

Total is the county count. Frequency and index adjust for local population size, so they are better concentration signals. Lancashire leads with 275 Cornalls recorded in 1881 and an index of 5.49x.

County Total Index
Lancashire 275 5.49x
Devon 90 10.24x
Middlesex 17 0.40x
Kent 14 0.97x
Gloucestershire 7 0.85x
Somerset 5 0.74x
Staffordshire 5 0.35x
Glamorgan 3 0.41x
Lincolnshire 3 0.44x
Nottinghamshire 3 0.53x
Essex 2 0.24x
Yorkshire 2 0.05x
Berkshire 1 0.32x
Cambridgeshire 1 0.37x
Cheshire 1 0.11x
Durham 1 0.08x
Lanarkshire 1 0.07x
Shropshire 1 0.27x
Surrey 1 0.05x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Layton With Warbreck in Lancashire leads with 40 Cornalls recorded in 1881 and an index of 217.51x.

Place Total Index
Layton With Warbreck 40 217.51x
Preston 38 28.34x
Bury 19 33.19x
Blackburn 14 10.50x
Cuerdale 14 10769.23x
Kirkham 13 196.08x
Chawleigh 12 1237.11x
Lea Ashton Ingol 12 360.36x
Tottington Lower End 12 50.38x
Heap 10 37.62x
Newton With Scales 10 2564.10x
Bleasdale 9 1525.42x
Chulmleigh 9 450.00x
Clifton Cum Salwick 9 1500.00x
Plymouth St Andrew 9 13.29x
Chatham 8 20.18x
Clayhanger 8 2285.71x
Manchester 8 3.55x
West Derby 8 5.46x
Alston 7 300.43x
Fulwood 7 129.15x
Islington London 7 1.71x
Lytham 7 91.50x
Tormoham 7 18.82x
Buckland Monachorum 6 319.15x
Eggesford 6 2222.22x
Kingsteignton 6 245.90x
North Tawton 6 222.22x
Walton Le Dale 6 44.54x
Bristol St James St Paul 5 18.10x
Keynsham 5 102.46x
Powderham 5 1219.51x
Spotland 5 8.97x
Witheridge 5 337.84x
Wolverhampton 5 4.56x
Marton 4 120.12x
Treales Roseacre 4 493.83x
Ashford 3 21.38x
Bampton 3 111.52x
Barton In Preston 3 555.56x
Llandaff 3 12.26x
Paddington London 3 1.93x
St Pancras London 3 0.88x
Cowpe Lench Newhall Hey 2 37.31x
Dilworth 2 65.15x
Farndon 2 198.02x
Gravesend 2 16.39x
Morchard Bishop 2 109.29x
North Meols 2 4.08x
Prescot 2 22.08x
Salford 2 1.36x
Spalding 2 14.93x
Abingdon St Helen 1 10.79x
Atcham 1 166.67x
Bothamsall 1 263.16x
Chelsea London 1 0.79x
Chorlton On Medlock 1 1.26x
Cottenham 1 28.09x
Crediton 1 12.00x
East Molesey 1 20.96x
Exeter St Leonard 1 41.49x
Exeter St Thomas The 1 11.16x
Ferry Fryston 1 61.35x
Freckleton 1 60.61x
Garstang 1 88.50x
Glasgow 1 0.41x
Hackney London 1 0.42x
Hampstead London 1 1.52x
Harraton 1 40.82x
Kensington London 1 0.43x
Lofthouse 1 16.00x
Medlar With Wesham 1 66.67x
Oldham 1 0.62x
Plymouth Charles The 1 2.58x
Prittlewell 1 8.66x
Stapleton 1 6.37x
Sutton St Mary 1 15.65x
Thrushelton 1 161.29x
Whittingham 1 45.25x
Wolborough 1 9.00x

Top female names

These are the female first names most often recorded with the Cornall surname in 1881. Names are not merged, so initials, variant spellings and transcription quirks can appear as separate rows.

Name Count
Mary 35
Elizabeth 21
Ellen 15
Alice 12
Ann 11
Margaret 10
Annie 8
Jane 8
Sarah 8
Eliza 5
Maria 5
Emily 4
Florence 4
Frances 4
Martha 4
Agnes 3
Betsy 3
Emma 3
Harriet 3
Louisa 3
Minnie 3
Ada 2
Anne 2
Arabella 2
Catherine 2
Dorothy 2
Fanny 2
Grace 2
Hannah 2
Isabella 2
Lily 2
M. 2
Margret 2
Rose 2
Susanna 2
Christeanne 1
Edith 1
Elizt.D. 1
Esther 1
Eveline 1
Finoola 1
Francess 1
Gertrude 1
Janie 1
Jennet 1
Julia 1
Laura 1
Louesia 1
Lucy 1
William 1

Top male names

These are the male first names most often recorded with the Cornall surname in 1881. Names are not merged, so initials, variant spellings and transcription quirks can appear as separate rows.

Name Count
John 35
Thomas 21
William 18
Richard 15
James 14
Robert 12
George 7
Henry 6
Charles 4
Joseph 4
Matthew 4
Samuel 4
Rd. 3
Thos. 3
Albert 2
Alfred 2
Arthur 2
Clement 2
Fred 2
Fredk. 2
Peter 2
Simon 2
Alice 1
Chas. 1
Cuthbert 1
Edmund 1
Edward 1
Enoch 1
Ephraim 1
Ernest 1
Frank 1
Frederick 1
Geo. 1
Harry 1
Helon 1
Hiram 1
Hugh 1
Jas.M. 1
Josiah 1
Nicholas 1
Patrick 1
Robt. 1
Rowland 1
Tom 1
W. 1
Walter 1
Willian 1

FAQ

Cornall surname: questions and answers

How common was the Cornall surname in 1881?

In 1881, 434 people were recorded with the Cornall surname. That placed it at #7,512 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Cornall surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 386 in 2016. That gives Cornall a modern rank of #12,202.

What does the Cornall map show?

The map shows local surname concentration for the selected year. Darker areas have a stronger concentration of Cornall bearers relative to the surrounding population.

What records is this surname page based on?

The historical counts come from census surname records. The modern counts and neighbourhood summaries come from later surname distribution records. Counts are recorded bearers in those records, not a live estimate of everyone with the name today.