Cortezão Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Angola

Cortezão Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cortezão Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
England11:55,718,059489,080

Cortezão Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cortezão is most common in Brazil. It can be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cortezão? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 7,117,718th most common family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 71 percent of Cortezão are found; 71 percent are found in South America and 71 percent are found in Luso-South America.

The surname is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 42,814,866. In Brazil it is primarily found in: Amazonas, where 40 percent reside, Minas Gerais, where 40 percent reside and Paraná, where 20 percent reside. Aside from Brazil this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Angola, where 14 percent reside and England, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cortezon88312/
Cortesão88127/
Cortezone821/
Corteza802,072/
Cortezia75303/
Cortezan7542/
Cortezón759/
Cortejon751/
Cortezza751/
Cortezea751/
Corteson751/
Cortesejo7110/
Cortezane711/
Cortecejo711/
Corttejon710/
Cortaza672,226/
Courtejoie67142/
Cortiza67115/
Cortesa6726/
Cortesogne677/
Curteza676/
Cortecione674/
Carteza672/
Cortoza671/
Corteja671/
Sorteza671/
Korteza671/

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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 Cortezão
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