Cortecia Surname

749,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 383 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Venezuela
Highest density in:
Venezuela

Cortecia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cortecia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Venezuela3741:80,7603,231
Guatemala91:1,786,9636,100

Cortecia Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cortecia occurs more in Venezuela more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cortecia? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 749,861st most numerous family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,027,535 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Cortecia are found; 51 percent are found in South America and 51 percent are found in Caribbean South America.

The surname is most widely held in Venezuela, where it is held by 374 people, or 1 in 80,760. In Venezuela Cortecia is most prevalent in: Nueva Esparta, where 47 percent are found, Sucre, where 39 percent are found and Falcón, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Venezuela it exists in one country. It is also found in Guatemala, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cortesia882,320/
Corteza802,072/
Cortiza80115/
Cortica8028/
Cortesa8026/
Cortisa801/
Corteco801/
Cortesio7577/
Cortacio7574/
Cortissa755/
Corticio752/
Cortezza751/
Kurtecia751/
Cortezea751/
Cortisas751/
Cortizza751/
Cortessa751/
Cortisha750/
Courtessa711/
Cortizo672,861/
Cortaza672,226/
Cortezo67551/
Cortico67176/
Corteso67120/
Cortazo67120/
Cortiço67106/
Cartica6749/
Kortesa6725/
Cortiso6710/
Cartisa679/
Curteza676/
Curtica673/
Carteza672/
Zortica672/
Sorteza671/
Korteza671/
Curtiza671/
Cortoza671/
Cartesa670/
Carteco670/

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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 Cortecia
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