Cortegama Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Peru
Highest density in:
Peru

Cortegama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cortegama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Peru61:5,297,35436,458
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Cortegama Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cortegama is more commonly found in Peru than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cortegama? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 7,117,718th most prevalent surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 86 percent of Cortegama live; 86 percent live in South America and 86 percent live in Andean South America.

This surname is most frequent in Peru, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 5,297,354. In Peru Cortegama is most frequent in: Loreto Region, where 50 percent live, Cajamarca Region, where 17 percent live and Lima Province, where 17 percent live. Without taking into account Peru this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Spain, where 14 percent live.

Cortegama Last Name Statistics demography

Cortegama earn significantly less than the average income. In Peru they earn 29.41% less than the national average, earning S/. 13,684 per year.

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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 Cortegama
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