Cortal Surname

738,530th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 391 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Cortal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cortal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines2041:496,26658,506
Spain481:974,00136,812
Brazil431:4,978,473128,213
France411:1,620,066149,911
Turkey411:1,898,08367,283
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Cortal Last Name Facts

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

Cortal is found most frequently in The Philippines. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cortal? popularity and diffusion

Cortal is the 738,530th most commonly occurring surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,638,225 people. Cortal occurs mostly in Asia, where 62 percent of Cortal reside; 52 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 52 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The last name Cortal is most frequently used in The Philippines, where it is held by 204 people, or 1 in 496,266. In The Philippines Cortal is most common in: Eastern Visayas, where 34 percent live, Northern Mindanao, where 23 percent live and Zamboanga Peninsula, where 8 percent live. Beside The Philippines Cortal occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 12 percent live and Brazil, where 11 percent live.

Cortal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Cortal has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cortale92336/
Corteal9276/
Courtal925/
Cortail921/
Cortall921/
Corthall860/
Cartal83523/
Kortal8385/
Sortal8324/
Curtal837/
Cortol831/
Courtault80367/
Courtauld80101/
Curtale77189/
Corteil77169/
Kourtal7720/
Korthal7719/
Cartall7712/
Kortail775/
Cartale772/
Curtail772/
Kortall772/
Chartal772/
Korttal771/
Carthal771/
Corteul770/
Courteault7539/
Courteil71102/
Cartault7192/
Chartail712/
Courthealth711/
Khortale711/
Khourtal711/
Cartheal710/
Cartaile710/
Kartal67106,519/
Kurtal67668/
Sartal67274/
Curtol6774/
Courthold6741/
Zartal6719/
Carteault6713/
Qartal6712/
Cartaille6711/
Kortol6710/
Hjorthall676/
Kertal674/
Charthale672/
Jartal671/
Qortol671/
Cartol671/
Charrthal671/

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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 Cortal
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