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Cornejo
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The Basque-Spanish surname Cornejo is of loponymic origin, deriving from the place name where the first bearer lived or held land. In this instance, the surname Cornejo derives the place name "Cornejo", which is a town located in the province of Burgos, Spain, in the Basque region of Castilla la Dieja. Therefore, the initial bearer of the surname was someone who was identified by the members of his community as "one who came from Cornejo". The place name Cornejo derives from the Spanish word "cornejo", which is a type of tree with a very hard wood, a "dog wood", or the Spanish word "corneja", which is a raven, the bird which imprints the Cornejo Coat of Arms, as certified by the Historical Research Center. The description of the Cornejo crest follows: "Five crows, sable, armed and beaked gules, placed in salkire, the one in the middle crowned, all within a border with four lions." References to the Cornejo surname are to be found in the "Indice de los Apellidos Probados de lar Orden the Carlos III" (a register of the surnames of the nobility belonging to the order of Charles III). Other references as mentioned in "Los americanos en las ordenes militares espanolas" (the Americans in the Spanish military order). Reference: Ancestry.com URL http://www.ancestry.com/facts/cornejo-family-history.ashx?fncornejo&SubmitCheck+meaning 
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