Cortaz Surname
Approximately 117 people bear this surname
Cortaz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicaragua | 60 | 1:100,352 | 1,886 |
| Philippines | 27 | 1:3,749,564 | 153,425 |
| Brazil | 16 | 1:13,379,646 | 256,605 |
| Honduras | 4 | 1:2,204,110 | 6,397 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
Cortaz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cortaz Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cortaz occurs most in Nicaragua. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cortaz? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,683,218th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 62,286,717 people. The last name Cortaz occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 73 percent of Cortaz live; 55 percent live in Central America and 55 percent live in Hispano-Central America.
The surname is most prevalent in Nicaragua, where it is carried by 60 people, or 1 in 100,352. In Nicaragua it is most frequent in: Nueva Segovia Department, where 82 percent live, Managua Department, where 10 percent live and Boaco Department, where 2 percent live. Excluding Nicaragua this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 23 percent live and Brazil, where 14 percent live.
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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 Cortaz
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