Cortland Surname

1,385,851st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 158 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Cortland Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cortland Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1531:2,369,013146,433
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
France11:66,422,722504,397
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States401:1,255,46770,036

Cortland (854) may also be a first name.

Cortland Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cortland (Arabic: كورتلاند) is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cortland? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,385,851st most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 46,123,708 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 92 percent of Cortland reside; 92 percent reside in North America and 92 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Cortland is also the 278,804th most common forename at a global level It is held by 854 people.

The surname Cortland is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 153 people, or 1 in 2,369,013. In The United States it is most common in: California, where 39 percent are found, New York, where 14 percent are found and Connecticut, where 7 percent are found. Not including The United States Cortland exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in New Zealand, where 1 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.

Cortland Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Cortland has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Cortland last name expanded 383 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Cortland Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Cortland last name are 9.73% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 62.96% being registered to vote for the political party.

Cortland earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 17.31% less than the national average, earning $35,679 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Cortland Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Cortland in the Arabic language
كورتلاندkwrtland-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Cortland
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