Cortwright Surname

2,220,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 73 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Cortwright Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cortwright Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States731:4,965,191254,179
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States661:760,88948,111

Cortwright (44) may also be a first name.

Cortwright Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cortwright is most common in The United States. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Cortwright.

How Common Is The Last Name Cortwright? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,220,661st most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 99,829,396 people. Cortwright is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Cortwright are found; 100 percent are found in North America and 100 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,525,482nd most commonly occurring forename throughout the world. It is borne by 44 people.

The surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 73 people, or 1 in 4,965,191. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Illinois, where 21 percent live, New York, where 16 percent live and California, where 11 percent live.

Cortwright Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Cortwright has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 111 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Cortwright Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Cortwright last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50% registered to vote for the political party.

Cortwright earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 11.44% less than the national average, earning $38,211 USD per year.

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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 Cortwright
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