Cortan Surname

327,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,133 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Faroe Islands

Cortan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cortan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines1,0431:97,06416,908
Turkey201:3,891,07197,520
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
United States151:24,163,929685,360
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
England41:13,929,515290,718
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Montenegro21:319,7827,691
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
France11:66,422,722504,397
Faroe Islands11:48,9982,049

The alternate forms: Čortan (401) are calculated separately.

Cortan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cortan is held by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Čortan. Click here for other potential spellings of Cortan.

How Common Is The Last Name Cortan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 327,639th most commonly held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 6,432,079 people. The last name Cortan is predominantly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Cortan reside; 92 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 92 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The surname is most widely held in The Philippines, where it is held by 1,043 people, or 1 in 97,064. In The Philippines Cortan is mostly found in: Eastern Visayas, where 29 percent live, Bicol, where 27 percent live and National Capital Region, where 17 percent live. Barring The Philippines Cortan exists in 20 countries. It is also common in Turkey, where 2 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

Cortan Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Cortan last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Cortan earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 63.23% more than the national average, earning $70,431 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.49% more than the national average, earning $50,424 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Čortan94401/
Ciortan923,556/
Csortan92206/
Scortan9251/
Cortain9224/
Chortan9217/
Corthan928/
Courtan925/
Coortan920/
Cortand920/
Courtain86366/
Courtant8649/
Courtand8640/
Courthan869/
Courtane861/
Corthean860/
Corthank860/
Courtean860/
Corton833,050/
Cartan831,465/
Kortan831,076/
Curtan83151/
Sortan83111/
Cortón8330/
Jortan8318/
Zortan832/
Qortan832/
Courtaine8021/
Cortaigne801/
Cortanova801/
Chourtane801/
Courtagne801/
Curtain771,962/
Curtean771,186/
Carthan77552/
Corteyn77101/
Cortone77101/
Csortán7797/
Chartan7768/
Courton7765/
Cartant7742/
Corthon7726/
Cartain7724/
Jorthan7720/
Curthan7715/
Sortain7710/
Chorton779/
Cartand777/
Cartanì775/
Zortamn775/
Sortaan774/
Kortahn773/
Cortong773/
Scorton772/
Scartan772/
Cortton771/
Kortain771/
Sorthan771/
Kortant771/
Soortan771/
Churtan771/
Ciorton771/
Cortham770/
Curtane770/
Coorton770/
Coerton770/
Courtaigne75122/
Ciortanová751/
Curtayne71138/
Khourtan71121/
Chartain7152/
Carthane7149/
Corthong7146/
Courteyn7133/
Scourton7116/
Cartahan7114/
Charttan714/
Cartagne713/
Korthank713/
Courthon712/
Charthan711/
Zorthain711/
Scartain711/
Khortane711/
Kourtane711/
Chhurtan711/
Koertaan711/
Soortaan711/
Curtanck710/
Curtaine710/
Chorrton710/
Carttand710/
Carton6714,965/
Sorton67693/
Kartan67567/
Sartan67473/
Curton67441/
Kurtan67346/
Courtonne67335/
Cartam67260/
Kortanová67227/
Korton67169/
Courtheyn6740/
Kortán6732/
Cartón6728/
Cartahina6722/
Zartan6716/
Kortanova6714/
Kertan6713/
Curtam679/
Qortam679/
Jartan678/
Zorton677/
Jortam675/
Jorton673/
Cartanova671/
Carthanne671/
Cortom671/
Cartañ671/
Cartòn671/
Korthasen671/
Charthane670/

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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 Cortan
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