Life & fun · September 2, 2014
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A researched study of the rare Cornish surname Colenso: its locative origin near Penzance, its spread to New Zealand, Australia, Natal and America, and where its ~669 living bearers are now.
Mapping the Militarization of Law Enforcement in the United States launched on September 2, 2014 with 11 votes and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 12 years on.
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This website documents the history and distribution of the rare Cornish surname Colenso. It traces the name's origins to a manor near Penzance in Cornwall and follows how bearers of the surname spread to New Zealand, Australia, Natal, and America over centuries. The site provides information on the name's etymology, notable people who have carried it, and locates approximately 669 living descendants today, most of whom now live outside Cornwall. It is for genealogy enthusiasts and people interested in surname origins.
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Origins, distribution, notable bearers, and the cultural footprint of a rare Cornish name — roughly 669 people alive today, almost none of them in Cornwall. Colenso is a rare Cornish locative surname , most probably taken from the Manor of Colenso (Calenso) in the parish of St Hilary, Cornwall , with early bearers recorded as de Kelentou (c. 1210) and de Calensou (1327). 1 2 Its etymology is debated: proposed Cornish roots include kelyn su (“dark hedged pool”), kelyn dhu (“dark hollies”), and callen-su (a dark layer of iron-ochre on a rock face), while some 19th-century etymologists treated it as a Cornish form of Collins (from Nicholas). 3 4 The name has always been uncommon —…from colenso.org
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