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.

DNA test information

Cortrel Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
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 occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of Cortrel click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cortrel? popularity and diffusion

The last name Cortrel is the 6,063,924th most numerous surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Cortrel live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Cortrel is also the 3,306,491st most widely held forename throughout the world It is held by 12 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 88 percent reside and Rivers, where 13 percent reside. Besides Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent reside.

Cortrel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Cortrel has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
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
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