Family name Kornelije (Корнелій 
, Корнелий 
, Kornelije 
) , throughout the world, is a rare surname. The cognomen Kornelije is habitual in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is quite a rare surname, Bulgaria, where it is a rare surname, and Ukraine, where it is an extremely rare surname. More frequently, Kornelije is the forename as well as the last name.