Cortu Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Cortu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Çortu (60) are calculated separately.
Cortu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cortu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cortu has its highest incidence in Turkey. It may also be found as a variant: Çortu. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cortu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Cortu is the 8,193,072nd most numerous last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Cortu is predominantly found in Asia, where 80 percent of Cortu reside; 60 percent reside in West Asia and 60 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.
This surname is most commonly used in Turkey, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 25,940,474. In Turkey Cortu is most numerous in: Ankara Province, where 67 percent live and Antalya Province, where 33 percent live. Besides Turkey this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 20 percent live and The United States, where 20 percent live.
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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 Cortu
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