Last Name CORNELIUS

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Meaning	The son of Cornelius. Cornelius and Cornelia became very popular in the Low Countries through the fact that relics of the martyred Pope Cornelius were placed in the Chapter of Rosnay, in Flanders. From the Latin 'cornu,' a horn (Greek); the sun - the horn of the sun.

Origin	English, Dutch, Danish, Greek, Belgian, South african

Rank	1,699 (2000 US census)	1,762 (1990 US census)

Count	19,342 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

75.21%, or 14547 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
18.65%, or 3607 total occurrences, as black,
0.51%, or 99 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
2.66%, or 514 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.56%, or 302 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.41%, or 273 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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