Cortner Surname

354,583rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,026 people bear this surname

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

Cortner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cortner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,0021:361,73532,234
Canada161:2,302,849139,666
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England241:1,015,64040,589
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1981:253,63020,943

Cortner Last Name Facts

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

Cortner occurs most in The United States. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cortner? popularity and diffusion

It is the 354,583rd most commonly occurring surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 7,102,871 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Cortner are found; 99 percent are found in North America and 99 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 1,002 people, or 1 in 361,735. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Tennessee, where 13 percent are found, Missouri, where 13 percent are found and California, where 12 percent are found. Aside from The United States Cortner occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 2 percent are found and Germany, where 1 percent are found.

Cortner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Cortner has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Cortner surname increased 506 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Cortner Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Cortner last name are 13.89% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60.66% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Cortner earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 2.8% more than the national average, earning $44,359 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.46% less than the national average, earning $44,981 CAD per year.

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Cortner Reference & Research

Cortner DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Cortner FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Cortner
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis