Cort Surname
Approximately 4,330 people bear this surname
Cort Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the court,' an enclosure, a mansion (v. Court); Middle English cort.
Richard le Cort, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
This, no doubt, ought to be 'de la Cort.' The error is common in early registers.
Read More About This SurnameCort Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,954 | 1:185,496 | 18,476 |
| Guyana | 608 | 1:1,254 | 201 |
| England | 588 | 1:94,759 | 10,119 |
| Spain | 319 | 1:146,558 | 10,893 |
| Vanuatu | 157 | 1:1,677 | 485 |
| Canada | 105 | 1:350,910 | 31,754 |
| Brazil | 62 | 1:3,452,812 | 97,678 |
| Australia | 61 | 1:442,552 | 34,724 |
| Denmark | 48 | 1:117,598 | 10,848 |
| Taiwan | 36 | 1:651,243 | 4,752 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 35 | 1:2,833 | 434 |
| Argentina | 32 | 1:1,335,732 | 76,713 |
| South Africa | 32 | 1:1,693,053 | 82,821 |
| Romania | 32 | 1:627,433 | 44,366 |
| France | 31 | 1:2,142,668 | 174,004 |
| Pakistan | 30 | 1:5,954,796 | 35,971 |
| Netherlands | 24 | 1:703,632 | 56,027 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 16 | 1:85,248 | 6,095 |
| Philippines | 15 | 1:6,749,215 | 188,373 |
| Wales | 14 | 1:221,038 | 13,576 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Mexico | 13 | 1:9,548,170 | 38,962 |
| Jamaica | 13 | 1:220,765 | 6,223 |
| Scotland | 12 | 1:446,151 | 18,166 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Colombia | 7 | 1:6,824,867 | 22,056 |
| Panama | 5 | 1:782,452 | 11,059 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,177,235 | 16,494 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 339 | 1:71,904 | 7,990 |
| Wales | 12 | 1:130,701 | 5,289 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 306 | 1:164,113 | 14,904 |
The alternate forms: Čort (2) & Cört (1) are calculated separately.
Cort (2,191) may also be a first name.
Cort Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the court,' an enclosure, a mansion (v. Court); Middle English cort.
Richard le Cort, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
This, no doubt, ought to be 'de la Cort.' The error is common in early registers.
1583. Stephen Swan and Elizabeth Corte: Marriage Lic. (London).
1733. Married — John Cort and Margaret King: St. James, Clerkenwell.
(Anglo-French-Latin) = Court, q.v. (Teutonic-Latin) Short [Old Norse kort-r-Dutch kort, Latin curt-usj Richard le Cort.—Hundred Rolls
Probably the Old Norse kortr, short. Ferguson.
From Court. See A’Court.
Cort Demographics
Cort Political Affiliation
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Cort Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cort Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cort is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can occur as: Čort or Cört. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cort? popularity and diffusion
The last name Cort is the 107,705th most frequent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,683,036 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 66 percent of Cort live; 48 percent live in North America and 47 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 160,034th most frequently used first name throughout the world, held by 2,191 people.
The last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 1,954 people, or 1 in 185,496. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 17 percent are found, California, where 12 percent are found and Florida, where 7 percent are found. Aside from The United States this surname occurs in 57 countries. It also occurs in Guyana, where 14 percent are found and England, where 14 percent are found.
Cort Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Cort has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Cort last name grew 639 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 173 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 117 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 400 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Cort Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Cort surname is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States Cort are 4.84% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 58.07% registered with the party.
The amount Cort earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 139.68% more than the national average, earning R 569,568 per year; in United States they earn 17.17% more than the national average, earning $50,559 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.11% less than the national average, earning $48,139 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Čort | 92 | 2 | / |
| Cört | 92 | 1 | / |
| Court | 89 | 26,189 | / |
| Corte | 89 | 14,194 | / |
| Corts | 89 | 3,652 | / |
| Coert | 89 | 1,290 | / |
| Cordt | 89 | 993 | / |
| Chort | 89 | 654 | / |
| Cohrt | 89 | 288 | / |
| Coort | 89 | 279 | / |
| Czort | 89 | 225 | / |
| Ciort | 89 | 124 | / |
| Corth | 89 | 116 | / |
| Scort | 89 | 34 | / |
| Cortt | 89 | 8 | / |
| Corrt | 89 | 2 | / |
| Corht | 89 | 1 | / |
| Cuort | 89 | 0 | / |
| Cor | 86 | 6,865 | / |
| Courts | 80 | 3,135 | / |
| Cordts | 80 | 2,074 | / |
| Courte | 80 | 1,304 | / |
| Coerdt | 80 | 203 | / |
| Chorte | 80 | 175 | / |
| Coiret | 80 | 154 | / |
| Coordt | 80 | 112 | / |
| Courth | 80 | 55 | / |
| Cortte | 80 | 52 | / |
| Cortts | 80 | 48 | / |
| Coorts | 80 | 38 | / |
| Scortt | 80 | 34 | / |
| Courdt | 80 | 9 | / |
| Coyret | 80 | 7 | / |
| Courtt | 80 | 2 | / |
| Cordth | 80 | 2 | / |
| Cortës | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ccourt | 80 | 1 | / |
| Cordte | 80 | 1 | / |
| Corrts | 80 | 1 | / |
| Cotrte | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chohrt | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chorth | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ciorte | 80 | 1 | / |
| Corthe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Cortės | 80 | 1 | / |
| Zchort | 80 | 0 | / |
| Corr | 75 | 13,147 | / |
| Core | 75 | 8,999 | / |
| Kort | 75 | 7,881 | / |
| Curt | 75 | 4,593 | / |
| Cart | 75 | 2,941 | / |
| Cord | 75 | 2,487 | / |
| Cour | 75 | 1,016 | / |
| Sort | 75 | 896 | / |
| Corp | 75 | 846 | / |
| Coor | 75 | 615 | / |
| Zort | 75 | 325 | / |
| Coir | 75 | 243 | / |
| Jort | 75 | 117 | / |
| Cohr | 75 | 56 | / |
| Corz | 75 | 30 | / |
| Cotr | 75 | 10 | / |
| Kcor | 75 | 5 | / |
| Cuor | 75 | 4 | / |
| Cojr | 75 | 3 | / |
| Ckor | 75 | 2 | / |
| Cosr | 75 | 2 | / |
| Qort | 75 | 2 | / |
| Gcor | 75 | 2 | / |
| Ccor | 75 | 1 | / |
| Coyr | 75 | 1 | / |
| Coordts | 73 | 49 | / |
| Courths | 73 | 5 | / |
| Cortova | 73 | 4 | / |
| Szczort | 73 | 2 | / |
| Cortová | 73 | 1 | / |
| Chorthe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cortdts | 73 | 1 | / |
| Courdts | 73 | 1 | / |
| D'Corte | 73 | 1 | / |
| Stchort | 73 | 1 | / |
| Courthe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Courrts | 73 | 0 | / |
| Korte | 67 | 24,913 | / |
| Corre | 67 | 14,930 | / |
| Korth | 67 | 8,437 | / |
| Hjort | 67 | 5,334 | / |
| Carte | 67 | 4,993 | / |
| Cords | 67 | 2,263 | / |
| Koert | 67 | 2,259 | / |
| Khort | 67 | 1,521 | / |
| Kohrt | 67 | 1,460 | / |
| Curth | 67 | 1,452 | / |
| Coore | 67 | 1,312 | / |
| Curts | 67 | 1,301 | / |
| Jordt | 67 | 1,231 | / |
| Kordt | 67 | 984 | / |
| Koort | 67 | 732 | / |
| Curdt | 67 | 716 | / |
| Coire | 67 | 592 | / |
| Chart | 67 | 584 | / |
| Soort | 67 | 525 | / |
| Kourt | 67 | 440 | / |
| Cuore | 67 | 356 | / |
| Czart | 67 | 310 | / |
| Sohrt | 67 | 308 | / |
| Coord | 67 | 295 | / |
| Chord | 67 | 280 | / |
| Sorth | 67 | 231 | / |
| Coure | 67 | 202 | / |
| Curte | 67 | 199 | / |
| Côrte | 67 | 189 | / |
| Courr | 67 | 173 | / |
| Kortt | 67 | 109 | / |
| Cartt | 67 | 77 | / |
| Churt | 67 | 64 | / |
| Jorth | 67 | 62 | / |
| Jorte | 67 | 61 | / |
| Scart | 67 | 59 | / |
| Cordz | 67 | 56 | / |
| Ccart | 67 | 48 | / |
| Ccore | 67 | 31 | / |
| Carth | 67 | 27 | / |
| Zorte | 67 | 27 | / |
| Zortz | 67 | 24 | / |
| Scord | 67 | 19 | / |
| Cordì | 67 | 15 | / |
| Curtt | 67 | 12 | / |
| Jourt | 67 | 12 | / |
| Courp | 67 | 12 | / |
| Qorte | 67 | 10 | / |
| Cuhrt | 67 | 9 | / |
| Cottr | 67 | 4 | / |
| Courd | 67 | 3 | / |
| Zhort | 67 | 3 | / |
| Korht | 67 | 3 | / |
| Cardt | 67 | 3 | / |
| Zoort | 67 | 3 | / |
| Corpp | 67 | 2 | / |
| Carts | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cordh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Carrt | 67 | 2 | / |
| Caurt | 67 | 2 | / |
| Zorth | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jorts | 67 | 2 | / |
| Corzs | 67 | 2 | / |
| Qucor | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cordd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cordtová | 67 | 1 | / |
| Corhs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cothr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Curht | 67 | 1 | / |
| Currt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Coirp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ckart | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tsort | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kcorr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kortd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ciart | 67 | 1 | / |
| Côrts | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jortt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jortz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zorzt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qourt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Giort | 67 | 1 | / |
| Czárt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Càrte | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cahrt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Corhe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Coerd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ckhor | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cojre | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cousr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Coyre | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dcart | 67 | 1 | / |
| Quort | 67 | 0 | / |
| Coorr | 67 | 0 | / |
| Carzt | 67 | 0 | / |
| Hsort | 67 | 0 | / |
| Joort | 67 | 0 | / |
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