Cortellessa Surname

314,479th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,194 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Cortellessa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cortellessa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy1,0041:60,91310,890
United States1541:2,353,629145,693
Scotland201:267,69112,985
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
England21:27,859,030389,889
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Cortellessa Last Name Facts

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

Cortellessa is found most frequently in Italy. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cortellessa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 314,479th most frequently used surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 6,103,472 people. The surname Cortellessa is predominantly found in Europe, where 86 percent of Cortellessa reside; 84 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 84 percent reside in Italic Europe.

The last name Cortellessa is most widely held in Italy, where it is carried by 1,004 people, or 1 in 60,913. In Italy Cortellessa is most frequent in: Lazio, where 52 percent reside, Campania, where 38 percent reside and Tuscany, where 3 percent reside. Without taking into account Italy it exists in 9 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 13 percent reside and Scotland, where 2 percent reside.

Cortellessa Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Cortellessa surname are 6.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 53.33% registered with the political party.

The amount Cortellessa earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 15.83% less than the national average, earning €25,277 per year; in United States they earn 31.93% more than the national average, earning $56,928 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.41% more than the national average, earning $51,378 CAD 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 Cortellessa
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