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 occurs more in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: Çortu. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Cortu? popularity and diffusion
Cortu is the 8,193,072nd most common last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Cortu is mostly found in Asia, where 80 percent of Cortu are found; 60 percent are found in West Asia and 60 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.
The last name Cortu is most common in Turkey, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 25,940,474. In Turkey it is most numerous in: Ankara Province, where 67 percent live and Antalya Province, where 33 percent live. Apart from Turkey this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found 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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