Corthesy Surname

2,168,711th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 76 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Corthesy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Corthesy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France301:2,214,091176,965
Switzerland221:373,31428,226
Jamaica111:260,9046,695
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

The alternate forms: Corthésy (472) are calculated separately.

Corthesy Last Name Facts

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

The surname Corthesy has its highest incidence in France. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Corthésy. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Corthesy? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,168,711th most commonly held last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 95,888,762 people. Corthesy occurs predominantly in Europe, where 70 percent of Corthesy reside; 67 percent reside in Western Europe and 67 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The surname is most frequently used in France, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 2,214,091. In France it is most frequent in: Normandy, where 73 percent are found, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 17 percent are found and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 3 percent are found. Apart from France Corthesy occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 29 percent are found and Jamaica, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Corthésy96472/
Cortesy9323/
Courtesy8817/
Corthese881/
Cortese8028,456/
Cortesi8011,620/
Cortesa8026/
Cortesé801/
Courtheuse7853/
Cortessi75298/
Cortesse7595/
Cortesis7532/
Cortiesi758/
Corteses757/
Courtesi754/
Corteces753/
Cortezes751/
Coertese751/
Corttese751/
Cortiese751/
Carthesa751/
Courtese751/
Cortessa751/
Cortezys750/
Cortessis7136/
Courtesis7123/
Courteges7113/
Scortesse7110/
Courtessi715/
Courtessa711/
Corteyzer711/
Sourthese710/
Corteza672,072/
Corteze67522/
Cortezi67357/
Kortesi67162/
Kertesy6739/
Curtesi6731/
Cortosi6726/
Kortesa6725/
Cortise6717/
Cortece6716/
Cartesi6713/
Cortèse6711/
Cortose677/
Courtessis677/
Cartese675/
Kortezy674/
Cortege674/
Kortese673/
Curtese673/
Cortisi672/
Cortize672/
Cortice672/
Cortisa671/
Cortessiss671/
Sortese671/
Cortoze671/
Corteji671/
Cortase670/
Cartesa670/

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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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  • 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 Corthesy
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