Last Name CORNISH

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Meaning	Local: The Cornish, a Cornish man. A corruption or abbreviation of Cornwallis. Coming over the border the stranger would be called Cornish from the country he had left. Hence Cornish is rare in Cornwall and common in Devonshire. We may safely conclude that when we find Cornish in Cornwall the bearer has returned to the county whence his ancestors sprang. Local: Belonging to Cornwall, indicating the place from which the family came.

Origin	English, Irish, Falkland

Rank	4,160 (2000 US census)	2,750 (1990 US census)

Count	7,887 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

65.4%, or 5158 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
30.02%, or 2368 total occurrences, as black,
0.47%, or 37 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.55%, or 43 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.91%, or 151 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.65%, or 130 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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