Cortum Surname

1,775,494th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 107 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Philippines

Cortum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cortum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States751:4,832,786249,377
Philippines251:4,049,529157,830
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Cortum Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cortum is found most in The United States. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cortum? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,775,494th most prevalent surname internationally, held by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. The last name Cortum is predominantly found in The Americas, where 70 percent of Cortum are found; 70 percent are found in North America and 70 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name Cortum is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 75 people, or 1 in 4,832,786. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 37 percent are found, Iowa, where 35 percent are found and Colorado, where 11 percent are found. Barring The United States this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 23 percent are found and Germany, where 7 percent are found.

Cortum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Cortum has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Cortum surname increased 7,500 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Cortum Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Cortum surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 66.67% registered with the political party.

Cortum earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 46.59% more than the national average, earning $63,250 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Corthum9224/
Courtum920/
Cortume920/
Cortumme8619/
Kortum831,301/
Sortum83327/
Cartum8327/
Cortun833/
Cortom831/
Curtum831/
Carthum7726/
Cortung7714/
Korteum7711/
Kortoum779/
Kortume771/
Scartum770/
Corthun770/
Chartume712/
Khorttum711/
Corthune710/
Corton673,050/
Kortom67746/
Kortüm67640/
Kartum67332/
Kortun67301/
Kurtum67156/
Cartun67128/
Curtom6783/
Sartum6743/
Cortón6730/
Cartom6721/
Cortunova672/
Jartum671/
Kourtoume671/
Kertum671/

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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 Cortum
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