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

Cortum is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cortum? popularity and diffusion

Cortum is the 1,775,494th most numerous last name in the world, held by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. Cortum is mostly found in The Americas, where 70 percent of Cortum live; 70 percent live in North America and 70 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Cortum is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 75 people, or 1 in 4,832,786. In The United States Cortum is primarily concentrated in: California, where 37 percent live, Iowa, where 35 percent live and Colorado, where 11 percent live. Not including The United States Cortum occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 23 percent live and Germany, where 7 percent live.

Cortum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Cortum has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Cortum surname expanded 7,500 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Cortum Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Cortum last name are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 66.67% registered to vote for 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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