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Cornally Family History

Cornally Surname Meaning

Very likely originating in a misreading of a name anglicized with double nn. Mac Lysaght refers to Corneely now rare as a ‘corruption’ of Conneely.

De Bhulbh thinks Cornally is native Irish. If so it is probably a variant of Connelly.

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016


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You can see how Cornally families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Cornally family name was found in the USA between 1880 and 1920. The most Cornally families were found in USA in 1920. In 1880 there was 1 Cornally family living in New York. This was 100% of all the recorded Cornally's in USA. New York had the highest population of Cornally families in 1880.
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Between 1990 and 1994, in the United States, Cornally life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1990, and highest in 1994. The average life expectancy for Cornally in 1990 was 79, and 80 in 1994.

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