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UK surname

Cornock

In the 1881 census there were 309 people recorded with the Cornock surname, ranking it #9,517 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 518, ranked #9,746, down from #9,517 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Hawkesbury, Churcham, Sandhurst, St Mary-de-Lode, St Catherine Longford, Barnwood, Wootton Ville, North Hamlet, and Bristol City: St Mary Redcliff. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Pembrokeshire, Douglas, Coalburn and Rigside and Gloucester.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Cornock is 539 in 1911. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 67.6%.

1881 census count

309

Ranked #9,517

Modern count

518

2016, ranked #9,746

Peak year

1911

539 bearers

Map years

9

1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Cornock had 309 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #9,517 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 518 in 2016, ranked #9,746.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 539 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Rural Amenity.

Cornock surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Cornock surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Cornock 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 260 #8,512
1861 historical 263 #9,423
1881 historical 309 #9,517
1891 historical 347 #9,894
1901 historical 467 #8,471
1911 historical 539 #7,400
1997 modern 481 #9,584
1998 modern 493 #9,702
1999 modern 497 #9,698
2000 modern 494 #9,717
2001 modern 494 #9,560
2002 modern 511 #9,484
2003 modern 505 #9,419
2004 modern 501 #9,511
2005 modern 509 #9,328
2006 modern 502 #9,463
2007 modern 506 #9,482
2008 modern 497 #9,681
2009 modern 503 #9,804
2010 modern 505 #9,985
2011 modern 523 #9,634
2012 modern 517 #9,644
2013 modern 520 #9,734
2014 modern 530 #9,669
2015 modern 526 #9,654
2016 modern 518 #9,746

Geography

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Where Cornocks are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Hawkesbury, Churcham, Sandhurst, St Mary-de-Lode, St Catherine Longford, Barnwood, Wootton Ville, North Hamlet,, Bristol City: St Mary Redcliff, London parishes and North Nibley, Wotton-under-Edge. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Pembrokeshire, Douglas, Coalburn and Rigside, Gloucester, Stroud and Blaenau Gwent. 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 Hawkesbury Gloucestershire
2 Churcham, Sandhurst, St Mary-de-Lode, St Catherine Longford, Barnwood, Wootton Ville, North Hamlet, Gloucestershire
3 Bristol City: St Mary Redcliff Gloucestershire
4 London parishes London 3
5 North Nibley, Wotton-under-Edge Gloucestershire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Pembrokeshire 002 Pembrokeshire
2 Douglas, Coalburn and Rigside South Lanarkshire
3 Gloucester 008 Gloucester
4 Stroud 005 Stroud
5 Blaenau Gwent 008 Blaenau Gwent

Forenames

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First names often paired with Cornock

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Cornock

Modern surname records can be compared with neighbourhood classifications. For Cornock, 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

Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanities

Group

Rural Amenity

Nationally, the Cornock surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Rural Amenity, within Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanities. This does not mean every Cornock household fits that profile, but it gives a useful signal about where the modern surname distribution is strongest.

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Group profile

This Group comprises older parents or retirees, with no resident dependent children, and with the lowest residential densities in this Supergroup. Predominantly UK-born, residents typically live in detached houses, although others do live in semi-detached and terraced properties. The level of multiple car ownership is the highest in this Supergroup. Most houses are owner occupied although social renting is also present. Many concentrations occur in high amenity rural locations, such as Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Wider pattern

Pervasive throughout the UK, members of this Supergroup typically own (or are buying) their detached, semi-detached or terraced homes. They are also typically educated to A Level/Highers or degree level and work in skilled or professional occupations. Typically born in the UK, some families have children, although the median adult age is above 45 and some property has become under-occupied after children have left home. This Supergroup is pervasive not only in suburban locations, but also in neighbourhoods at or beyond the edge of cities that adjoin rural parts of the country.

London neighbourhood type

London Output Area Classification

Supergroup

The Greater London Mix

Group

Social Rented Sector Professional Support Workers

Within London, Cornock is most associated with areas classed as Social Rented Sector Professional Support Workers, part of The Greater London Mix. 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

Mainly located in Inner London, these neighbourhoods retain a diverse employment structure, with some concentration in associated professional and technical occupations rather than skilled trades or construction. Social renting is more common and levels of homeownership are low. Many residents identify as Black. There is a lower than average rate of marriage or civil partnership, few that are very old (85 or over) and higher than average incidence of disability.

Wider London pattern

A Supergroup embodying London's diversity in many respects, apart from low numbers of residents identifying as of Bangladeshi, Indian, Pakistani or Other (non-Chinese) Asian ethnicity. There is lower than average prevalence of families with dependent children, while there are above average occurrences of never-married individuals and single-person households. The age distribution is skewed towards younger, single residents and couples without children, with many individuals identifying as of mixed or multiple ethnicity. Social rented or private rented housing is slightly more prevalent than average, and many residents live in flats. Individuals typically work in professional and associated roles in public administration, education or health rather than in elementary occupations in agriculture, energy, water, construction or manufacturing. Incidence of students is slightly below average. Individuals declaring no religion are more prevalent than average and non-use of English at home is below average.

Healthy neighbourhoods

Access to healthy assets and hazards

Cornock is most concentrated in decile 4 for access to healthy assets and hazards. This places the surname near the middle of the scale.

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

Cornock falls in decile 7 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 Cornock 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 Cornock, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Cornock families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Cornock 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. Gloucestershire leads with 176 Cornocks recorded in 1881 and an index of 29.68x.

County Total Index
Gloucestershire 176 29.68x
Pembrokeshire 25 26.01x
Worcestershire 19 4.81x
Dunbartonshire 10 12.31x
Glamorgan 10 1.90x
Herefordshire 10 8.07x
Surrey 9 0.61x
Lancashire 7 0.20x
Lanarkshire 6 0.61x
Middlesex 5 0.17x
Warwickshire 5 0.66x
Yorkshire 5 0.17x
Argyllshire 3 3.56x
Cornwall 3 0.88x
Devon 3 0.48x
Kent 3 0.29x
Sussex 3 0.59x
Durham 2 0.22x
Hampshire 2 0.32x
Staffordshire 2 0.20x
Leicestershire 1 0.30x
Oxfordshire 1 0.54x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Thornbury in Gloucestershire leads with 34 Cornocks recorded in 1881 and an index of 839.51x.

Place Total Index
Thornbury 34 839.51x
Wotton Under Edge 29 828.57x
Cradley 17 476.19x
Berkeley 15 454.55x
Bonhill 10 76.69x
Berkeley Hamfallow 9 841.12x
Dursley 9 368.85x
Charfield 8 1379.31x
Slimbridge 8 909.09x
Whitbourne 8 1038.96x
St John Near Swansea 7 107.53x
Tytherington 7 1521.74x
Gloucester Barton St Mary 6 55.30x
Manorowen 6 3000.00x
Battersea 5 4.49x
Berkeley Breadstone 5 3333.33x
Cheltenham 5 10.93x
Govan 5 2.07x
Llanfair Nantygof 5 2941.18x
North Nibley 5 588.24x
St Davids 5 230.41x
Toxteth Park 5 4.12x
Dinas 4 493.83x
Hawkesbury 4 198.02x
Stapleton 4 35.56x
Alveston 3 357.14x
Aston 3 1.43x
Brighton 3 2.92x
Clapham 3 7.94x
Dunoon 3 173.41x
Eastington 3 153.06x
Fishguard 3 144.23x
Gloucester Pool Meadow 3 1578.95x
St Clement 3 84.03x
Deptford St Paul 2 2.51x
Farnborough 2 30.72x
Henbury 2 69.20x
Islington London 2 0.68x
Kingswood 2 208.33x
Leeds 2 1.18x
Lidford 2 70.67x
Rangeworthy 2 769.23x
Rockhampton 2 869.57x
St George In East London 2 7.03x
Swansea St Thomas 2 37.81x
Wingate 2 32.41x
Yate 2 153.85x
York St Mary 2 16.12x
Barton Upon Irwell 1 3.70x
Berkeley Alkington 1 222.22x
Birmingham 1 0.39x
Bradford 1 1.38x
Bristol St James In 1 11.47x
Bristol St Stephen 1 64.94x
Cam 1 54.95x
Camberwell 1 0.52x
Cirencester 1 12.45x
Folkestone 1 5.00x
Goodrich 1 128.21x
Gradley 1 52.36x
Grondre 1 1666.67x
Hagley 1 78.13x
Hamilton 1 3.67x
Hampstead London 1 2.12x
Harborne 1 3.06x
Horfield 1 16.75x
Kinver 1 34.01x
Leamington 1 19.80x
Liverpool 1 0.46x
Llanwnda 1 96.15x
Llanwonno 1 5.29x
Loughborough 1 6.57x
Neithrop 1 15.92x
North Hamlet 1 188.68x
Quedgley 1 204.08x
Ross 1 20.28x
South Molton 1 28.90x
Stroud 1 8.67x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 23
Elizabeth 9
Emily 8
Hannah 8
Ann 7
Eliza 7
Annie 5
Emma 5
Martha 4
Anne 3
Caroline 3
Jane 3
Julia 3
Maria 3
Sarah 3
Ada 2
Alice 2
Charlotte 2
Edith 2
Ellen 2
Esther 2
Harriet 2
Kate 2
Leah 2
Anna 1
Arabella 1
Bessie 1
Catherine 1
Cidonia 1
E.H. 1
Eleanor 1
Elizth. 1
Elizth.A. 1
Ethel 1
Evelyn 1
Florence 1
George 1
Harriett 1
Hester 1
Ida 1
Joana 1
Kathlain 1
Lettuce 1
Louisa 1
Margaretta 1
Matilda 1
Minnie 1
Pamela 1
Phebe 1
Rachel 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
William 25
John 16
James 12
Thomas 10
Charles 8
Henry 8
George 7
Edward 5
Albert 4
Nicholas 3
Samuel 3
Caleb 2
David 2
Edmund 2
Francis 2
Joseph 2
Llewellyn 2
Richard 2
Walter 2
A. 1
Absolom 1
Amos 1
Andrew 1
Arthur 1
Augustus 1
Chas. 1
Daniel 1
Edwin 1
Ely 1
Enock 1
Ernest 1
Geo 1
Gilbert 1
Harold 1
Harry 1
Jonah 1
Levi 1
Mark 1
Maurice 1
Nathaniel 1
Osborne 1
Ralph 1
Thos. 1
Tom 1
Victor 1
W.S.V. 1
Wallace 1

FAQ

Cornock surname: questions and answers

How common was the Cornock surname in 1881?

In 1881, 309 people were recorded with the Cornock surname. That placed it at #9,517 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Cornock surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 518 in 2016. That gives Cornock a modern rank of #9,746.

What does the Cornock map show?

The map shows local surname concentration for the selected year. Darker areas have a stronger concentration of Cornock 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.