Cornelissen

surname · Latin script

Meaning, in Dutch: a surname originating as a patronymic

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/kɔrneːlɪsən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Cornelissen is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • NLNetherlands1 in 2.4K(measured from records)
  • ZASouth Africa≈1 in 22K
  • DEGermany≈1 in 128K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Netherlands (measured from records)

7,242 people, 2007

Sources
138 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 2.4K (inferred from the name graph)

Netherlands

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Patronymic from Cornelis with weak genitive -en; plate shows weak-genitive patronym formation.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

How Cornelissen is read(measured from records)

Cornelissen is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • Dutch41%

    a surname originating as a patronymic

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • English30%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Cornelissen in English.

  • German9.6%

    Patronymic from Cornelis with weak genitive -en; plate shows weak-genitive patronym formation.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen

    Patronym zu Cornelis/Cornelius; 241 Belege. Suffix -sen als niederdeutsche Patronymform.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen

    Patronym zum Rufnamen Cornelius; niederländ./niederdt. -s/-sen-Form, 349 Belege.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen

    Familienname aus dem Rufnamen Cornelius; 349 Träger.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Cornelissen counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Cornelissen is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NL Netherlands#1607,2421 in 2.4K7.2KCornelissen102
ZA South Africa—≈2,600 est.≈1 in 22K—Cornelissen39
BE Belgium—1,4481 in 8.1K1.4KCornelissen66
DE Germany—≈630 est.≈1 in 128K—Cornelissen76
US United States—2631 in 1.3M263Cornelissen138
GR Greece—≈110 est.≈1 in 101K—Cornelissen1

7,242 people counted by CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007), 2007. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Cornelissen is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain, Netherlands, Brazil, United States

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Cornélissen

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Cornélissen

  • Burmese name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Cornelìssen

29 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000Jan Jacob Cornelissen, b. 1839Christiaan Cornelissen, b. 1864Ko Cornelissen, b. 1904Pam Cornelissen, b. 1934Igor Cornelissen, b. 1935Hans Cornelissen, b. 1956Ton Cornelissen, b. 1964Aart Cornelissen, b. 1964Marije Cornelissen, b. 1974Adelinde Cornelissen, b. 1979

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalGeachte heer/mevrouw Cornelissen,Dear Cornelissen, (English)
InformalGeachte heer/mevrouw Cornelissen,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 22 sources across 14 countries.

Official registers attesting Cornelissen
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NL NetherlandsCBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)20077.2K#91
BE BelgiumFamilienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)20081.4K#807
BE BelgiumStatbel — Noms de famille (family names)—1.4K#808
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010263#73,666
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020256#80,054
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000246#73,412
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Cornelissen come from?
Patronymic from Cornelis with weak genitive -en; plate shows weak-genitive patronym formation. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen.
How do you pronounce Cornelissen?
A machine transcription gives /kɔrneːlɪsən/ (IPA) for Dutch.
What does the name Cornelissen mean?
In Dutch, a surname originating as a patronymic
In which country does Cornelissen have the most bearers?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 7.2 thousand people named Cornelissen, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled cornelissen.
Where is Cornelissen most common?
Cornelissen is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 2.4 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Cornelissen?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 7,242 people named Cornelissen in 2007, about 1 in 2.4 thousand residents.
How common is Cornelissen compared with other names?
In the Netherlands, Cornelissen is the 160th most common surname of 284,143 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Cornelissen” — the 160th most common surname in Netherlands. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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