Curtis Forename
3,678th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 285,878 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Dominica
Curtis Forename Definition:
A male name. a common surname, originating in the nickname ‘courteous' (Curteis is found as a personal name in 1199), and variously spelt; now sometimes used as a christian name.
Curtis Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 250,027 | 1:1,450 | 306 |
| Canada | 100% | 15,140 | 1:2,188 | 451 |
| England | 98% | 3,589 | 1:15,493 | 1,067 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 2,900 | 1:469 | 44 |
| Ghana | 100% | 2,697 | 1:10,006 | 975 |
| Jamaica | - | 1,274 | 1:2,263 | 499 |
| South Africa | 99% | 1,031 | 1:52,893 | 5,365 |
| Australia | - | 739 | 1:18,481 | 1,352 |
| Kenya | 100% | 683 | 1:67,800 | 4,169 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 641 | 1:48,070 | 5,572 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 540 | 1:328,823 | 11,864 |
| Barbados | - | 406 | 1:714 | 165 |
| Gabon | - | 401 | 1:4,697 | 951 |
| Guyana | 100% | 381 | 1:2,003 | 385 |
| Thailand | 100% | 345 | 1:203,089 | 13,309 |
| Zambia | - | 294 | 1:53,928 | 3,282 |
| Bahamas | - | 268 | 1:1,490 | 353 |
| Liberia | 100% | 246 | 1:17,935 | 1,302 |
| Saint Lucia | 99% | 246 | 1:723 | 99 |
| Poland | 100% | 236 | 1:161,132 | 3,078 |
| Wales | 100% | 215 | 1:14,392 | 951 |
| Dominica | - | 201 | 1:375 | 80 |
| New Zealand | - | 201 | 1:22,567 | 1,704 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 176 | 1:634 | 54 |
| Grenada | 100% | 158 | 1:684 | 111 |
| Germany | 100% | 133 | 1:726,901 | 6,545 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 133 | 1:412 | 42 |
| Brazil | 100% | 121 | 1:1,770,547 | 38,825 |
| Japan | - | 108 | 1:1,185,056 | 16,046 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 99 | 1:1,004 | 181 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 96 | 1:176,063 | 7,025 |
| China | - | 92 | 1:14,848,432 | 60,009 |
| Mauritius | - | 91 | 1:14,261 | 1,580 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 87 | 1:1,261 | 253 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 82 | 1:900,337 | 27,216 |
| Scotland | 100% | 82 | 1:65,248 | 1,834 |
| Hong Kong | - | 81 | 1:95,713 | 2,791 |
| Namibia | - | 69 | 1:34,843 | 2,536 |
| France | 100% | 68 | 1:977,505 | 7,751 |
| Russia | 94% | 66 | 1:2,185,359 | 14,310 |
| Belize | 100% | 60 | 1:5,905 | 1,116 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 58 | 1:265,928 | 14,718 |
| Kuwait | - | 57 | 1:66,408 | 5,422 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 56 | 1:186,273 | 7,851 |
| Iraq | - | 53 | 1:660,714 | 6,510 |
| Philippines | 98% | 53 | 1:2,000,179 | 44,572 |
| Suriname | 100% | 49 | 1:11,282 | 2,027 |
| Botswana | 100% | 47 | 1:46,478 | 4,592 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 46 | 1:661,955 | 26,444 |
| Guam | - | 42 | 1:3,825 | 732 |
| Haiti | - | 42 | 1:255,404 | 10,960 |
| Bermuda | - | 41 | 1:1,581 | 369 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 40 | 1:781 | 145 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 38 | 1:913 | 199 |
| India | 100% | 33 | 1:36,814,484 | 702,984 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 32 | 1:1,916 | 431 |
| Singapore | - | 29 | 1:216,795 | 8,671 |
| Panama | 100% | 28 | 1:139,520 | 6,123 |
| Portugal | - | 28 | 1:371,817 | 6,212 |
| Sweden | 100% | 28 | 1:352,068 | 10,149 |
| Seychelles | - | 26 | 1:3,564 | 725 |
| Ireland | 75% | 25 | 1:185,741 | 3,671 |
| Sudan | 100% | 25 | 1:1,512,279 | 3,324 |
| Mexico | 100% | 24 | 1:5,172,684 | 20,497 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 23 | 1:576 | 61 |
| Northern Ireland | 94% | 21 | 1:87,769 | 1,438 |
| Aruba | - | 21 | 1:4,942 | 942 |
| Afghanistan | - | 20 | 1:1,631,176 | 16,044 |
| Ivory Coast | 88% | 20 | 1:1,153,797 | 32,566 |
| South Korea | - | 19 | 1:291,812 | 9,421 |
| Norway | 100% | 17 | 1:301,902 | 6,548 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 17 | 1:483,147 | 7,811 |
| Denmark | - | 15 | 1:376,633 | 6,579 |
| Qatar | 100% | 15 | 1:157,974 | 16,771 |
| Indonesia | - | 13 | 1:19,843,359 | 506,931 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 13 | 1:1,828,437 | 49,694 |
| Israel | 92% | 12 | 1:700,243 | 11,627 |
| American Samoa | - | 11 | 1:5,077 | 963 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 11 | 1:1,964,591 | 42,624 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 11 | 1:4,798,938 | 27,236 |
| Italy | 100% | 10 | 1:6,106,209 | 25,028 |
| Bahrain | - | 9 | 1:149,853 | 3,890 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 9 | 1:6,074 | 908 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 9 | 1:905,813 | 63,479 |
| Colombia | - | 8 | 1:5,972,366 | 31,268 |
| Belgium | 100% | 7 | 1:1,641,434 | 16,483 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 7 | 1:2,535,264 | 17,782 |
| Vietnam | - | 7 | 1:13,231,873 | 4,411 |
| Spain | - | 6 | 1:7,754,994 | 17,266 |
| Congo | 100% | 5 | 1:1,001,841 | 16,039 |
| Finland | 88% | 5 | 1:1,096,637 | 9,775 |
| Guatemala | - | 5 | 1:3,221,686 | 6,935 |
| Macau | - | 5 | 1:121,642 | 885 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 5 | 1:10,246 | 1,467 |
| Micronesia | - | 5 | 1:21,300 | 626 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 5 | 1:38,871,536 | 142,270 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 5 | 1:6,040,379 | 77,223 |
| Georgia | - | 4 | 1:934,616 | 13,351 |
| Honduras | - | 4 | 1:2,204,367 | 17,261 |
| Iceland | - | 4 | 1:91,504 | 3,703 |
| Malawi | 100% | 4 | 1:4,278,078 | 13,569 |
| Malta | - | 4 | 1:107,340 | 2,111 |
| Montserrat | - | 4 | 1:1,219 | 202 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Syria | - | 4 | 1:4,826,519 | 5,774 |
| Uganda | 100% | 4 | 1:10,239,230 | 65,177 |
| Algeria | - | 3 | 1:12,725,573 | 18,455 |
| Austria | 100% | 3 | 1:2,838,067 | 11,255 |
| Belarus | 100% | 3 | 1:3,160,795 | 12,102 |
| Czechia | 100% | 3 | 1:3,552,054 | 6,491 |
| Lebanon | 67% | 3 | 1:1,875,857 | 11,580 |
| Peru | 100% | 3 | 1:10,597,151 | 58,549 |
| Turkey | 100% | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 3 | 1:2,383,998 | 75,650 |
| Albania | - | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 2 | 1:4,821,472 | 33,780 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Jordan | 100% | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Chile | 100% | 1 | 1:17,607,208 | 48,996 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
Curtis (203,547) may also be a surname.
Curtis Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. a common surname, originating in the nickname ‘courteous' (Curteis is found as a personal name in 1199), and variously spelt; now sometimes used as a christian name.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
M. An American ‘Christian’ from the surname, itself from Middle English Curthose, ‘short hose,’ or from Old French (le) curteis, ‘(the) courteous (man)’. Weekley, Surnames.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Old French name, meaning: Courteous.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Curtis Forename Popularity
Curtis Demographics
Curtis Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 5 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
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