Cortegaça Surname

2,333,370th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 67 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Portugal
Highest density in:
Portugal

Cortegaça Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Cortegaça Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Portugal661:157,8526,835
Angola11:26,989,21411,853

The alternate forms: Cortegaca (9) are calculated separately.

Cortegaça Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cortegaça is borne by more people in Portugal than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Cortegaca. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cortegaça? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,333,370th most commonly held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 108,769,342 people. The surname Cortegaça is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Cortegaça reside; 99 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 99 percent reside in Iberian Europe.

The last name Cortegaça is most widespread in Portugal, where it is borne by 66 people, or 1 in 157,852. Without taking into account Portugal Cortegaça occurs in one country. It also occurs in Angola, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cortegaca969/
Cortegaza8938/
Cortegoza782/
Cortegosa781/
Cortegoso671,001/
Cortegozo6746/
Sortegosa6724/
Sortegoza671/
Cortegosso6310/
Sortigosa56458/
Sortigoza566/
Cartigosa561/
Carthigaser5064/
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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 Cortegaça
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