Coertzen Surname

239,279th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,674 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Coertzen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Coertzen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,6471:32,8954,218
England81:6,964,757184,742
Namibia71:344,20010,409
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Coertzen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Coertzen Come From? nationality or country of origin

Coertzen is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Coertzen? popularity and diffusion

Coertzen is the 239,279th most frequently held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 4,353,373 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Coertzen live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

Coertzen is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,647 people, or 1 in 32,895. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 44 percent reside, Free State, where 16 percent reside and Western Cape, where 8 percent reside. Not including South Africa it is found in 11 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent reside and Namibia, where 0 percent reside.

Coertzen Last Name Statistics demography

Coertzen earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 60.36% more than the national average, earning R 381,084 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cortzen93169/
Coerzen931/
Koertzen88135/
Coertsen8823/
Corzen8622/
Cortsen80141/
Kortzen807/
Curtzen802/
Kertzen801/
Corrzen800/
Koortzen75670/
Koertgen7532/
Cordtsen7525/
Koertsen751/
Korzen71675/
Corzon71372/
Corzan71176/
Corzin7131/
Corzón717/
Kerzen716/
Corzán712/
Corzòn711/
Carzen711/
Cordsen67904/
Kortsen67189/
Kortzon6732/
Corzaan6711/
Cortson6710/
Cartsen677/
Kortzin674/
Kertsen674/
Kartzen672/
Cordßen671/
Kurtzen671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Coertzen
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