Cortave Surname

887,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 303 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Guatemala
Highest density in:
Guatemala

Cortave Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cortave Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Guatemala2231:72,1202,592
United States451:8,054,643356,745
Argentina311:1,378,82078,351
Belize11:355,4743,977
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Cortave Last Name Facts

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

Cortave occurs more in Guatemala more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cortave? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 887,624th most prevalent last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 24,051,307 people. Cortave occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Cortave reside; 74 percent reside in Central America and 74 percent reside in Hispano-Central America.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Guatemala, where it is held by 223 people, or 1 in 72,120. In Guatemala it is most numerous in: Guatemala Department, where 74 percent live, Sacatepéquez Department, where 18 percent live and Escuintla Department, where 2 percent live. Other than Guatemala this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 15 percent live and Argentina, where 10 percent live.

Cortave Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Cortave last name are 30.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 83.33% registered with the political party.

Cortave earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.72% less than the national average, earning $42,405 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cortabe8614/
Cortava862/
Sortave861/
Courtabe801/
Hjorthave751/
Korthaver750/
Kortava71654/
Charttavee715/
Cortoba715/
Cortovi712/
Kartave711/
Cartavio67139/
Chartove6747/
Corteway6740/
Saartave6731/
Cartavih6728/
Kortavyy6717/
Cartover6712/
Kortavyi672/
Cortober671/
Chartavi671/
Karthave671/
Kortaviy671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Cortave
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