Cortella Surname

416,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 836 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Monaco

Cortella Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cortella Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy5221:117,15819,380
Argentina1231:347,50727,272
France621:1,071,334116,831
United States551:6,590,162310,708
Brazil211:10,194,016213,214
Belgium191:605,08754,956
Uruguay131:263,98118,914
Switzerland121:684,41046,196
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Cortella (29) may also be a first name.

Cortella Last Name Facts

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

Cortella has its highest incidence in Italy. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cortella? popularity and diffusion

It is the 416,195th most commonly held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 8,717,160 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 74 percent of Cortella live; 64 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 64 percent live in Italic Europe. It is also the 1,951,561st most widespread first name in the world It is held by 29 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Italy, where it is held by 522 people, or 1 in 117,158. In Italy Cortella is most common in: Veneto, where 32 percent reside, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, where 17 percent reside and Piedmont, where 16 percent reside. Barring Italy this surname exists in 14 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 15 percent reside and France, where 7 percent reside.

Cortella Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Cortella has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Cortella last name rose 1,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Cortella Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Cortella surname are 1.32% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 54.55% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Cortella earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 26.96% less than the national average, earning €21,933 per year and in United States they earn 31.2% more than the national average, earning $56,612 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
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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 Cortella
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