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cornelsen Name Meaning and History

  1. Dutch: reduced form of Cornelison.
  2. North German: patronymic from the personal name Cornelius.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of cornelsen Families in the US in 1920
Number of cornelsen families
 5-7
 2-4
 1
 0
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