Cortrel Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Cortrel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cortrel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Cortrel (12) may also be a first name.

Cortrel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cortrel is most common in Nigeria. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cortrel? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,063,924th most frequent surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name Cortrel is mostly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Cortrel reside; 80 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Cortrel is also the 3,306,491st most frequently held first name on earth, held by 12 people.

The last name Cortrel is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Bayelsa, where 88 percent are found and Rivers, where 13 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 20 percent are found.

Cortrel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Cortrel has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Cortrel last name decreased 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Corthrel933/
Cortrell930/
Courtrell884/
Corttrell881/
Kortrel863/
Curtrel861/
Cartrel861/
Chartrel80226/
Cartreul8060/
Cartrell8026/
Curtrell801/
Curtriel801/
Curthrell751/
Corttrill750/
Carttrell750/
Kurtrell673/
Kartrell670/
Cartrill670/
Karttrell631/
Carthrill630/

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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 Cortrel
  • 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