Cortegana Surname

210,038th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,966 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Peru
Highest density in:
Peru

Cortegana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cortegana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Peru1,7261:18,4152,217
Spain2091:223,69414,857
United States151:24,163,929685,360
Chile111:1,601,49826,155
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Cortegana (11) may also be a first name.

Cortegana Last Name Facts

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

Cortegana is more frequently found in Peru than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cortegana? popularity and diffusion

It is the 210,038th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 3,706,788 people. The last name Cortegana occurs mostly in The Americas, where 89 percent of Cortegana live; 88 percent live in South America and 88 percent live in Andean South America. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 11 people.

This last name is most frequent in Peru, where it is held by 1,726 people, or 1 in 18,415. In Peru it is mostly concentrated in: Lima Province, where 34 percent live, Cajamarca Region, where 27 percent live and La Libertad Region, where 16 percent live. Other than Peru this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 11 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Cortegana Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Cortegana earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Peru they earn 6.29% less than the national average, earning S/. 18,166 per year and in United States they earn 11.57% less than the national average, earning $38,156 USD 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
  • 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 Cortegana
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