Cortois Surname
Approximately 123 people bear this surname
Cortois Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 76 | 1:151,272 | 21,156 |
| Mexico | 24 | 1:5,171,925 | 29,601 |
| France | 16 | 1:4,151,420 | 237,746 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
Cortois Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cortois Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cortois is found most in Belgium. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cortois? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,628,521st most commonly held surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 59,248,341 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 76 percent of Cortois live; 75 percent live in Western Europe and 38 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname Cortois is most numerous in Belgium, where it is borne by 76 people, or 1 in 151,272. In Belgium Cortois is most prevalent in: Flemish Region, where 62 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 37 percent live and Walloon Region, where 1 percent live. Outside of Belgium it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Mexico, where 20 percent live and France, where 13 percent live.
Cortois Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Cortois has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Cortois last name fell 91 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Cortois
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