Cortese Surname
Approximately 28,456 people bear this surname
Cortese Surname User-submission:
The Cortese surname comes from an Italian adjective, which means 'polite', 'kind'.
Cortese Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 16,536 | 1:3,698 | 348 |
| United States | 5,749 | 1:63,047 | 7,381 |
| Argentina | 2,552 | 1:16,749 | 1,455 |
| France | 768 | 1:86,488 | 12,335 |
| Australia | 668 | 1:40,413 | 5,217 |
| Brazil | 626 | 1:341,972 | 13,129 |
| Canada | 580 | 1:63,527 | 7,423 |
| Switzerland | 151 | 1:54,390 | 7,022 |
| Belgium | 149 | 1:77,159 | 12,193 |
| England | 149 | 1:373,947 | 26,392 |
| Germany | 131 | 1:614,545 | 48,972 |
| Spain | 65 | 1:719,262 | 31,067 |
| Venezuela | 60 | 1:503,401 | 9,605 |
| Chile | 58 | 1:303,732 | 8,727 |
| Paraguay | 32 | 1:226,148 | 4,042 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Liechtenstein | 15 | 1:2,559 | 275 |
| New Zealand | 13 | 1:348,333 | 27,379 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Mexico | 9 | 1:13,791,801 | 45,470 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Uruguay | 9 | 1:381,306 | 22,825 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Slovenia | 7 | 1:355,382 | 17,336 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Luxembourg | 4 | 1:145,136 | 6,519 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
The alternate forms: Cortèse (11) & Cortesé (1) are calculated separately.
Cortese (311) may also be a first name.
Cortese Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Cortese surname comes from an Italian adjective, which means 'polite', 'kind'.
- vncrtCortese Demographics
Average Cortese Salary in
United States
$48,789 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Cortese Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cortese Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cortese is more frequently found in Italy than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Cortèse or Cortesé. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cortese? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 19,317th most frequently held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 256,099 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 63 percent of Cortese live; 58 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 58 percent live in Italic Europe. It is also the 498,315th most numerous first name in the world, held by 311 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Italy, where it is held by 16,536 people, or 1 in 3,698. In Italy Cortese is most frequent in: Piedmont, where 15 percent live, Calabria, where 15 percent live and Veneto, where 15 percent live. Apart from Italy Cortese occurs in 61 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent live and Argentina, where 9 percent live.
Cortese Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Cortese surname are 1.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 51.79% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Cortese earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 25.01% more than the national average, earning €37,541 per year; in South Africa they earn 119.17% more than the national average, earning R 520,824 per year; in United States they earn 13.07% more than the national average, earning $48,789 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.58% more than the national average, earning $57,422 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
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