Cortázar Surname
Approximately 78 people bear this surname
Cortázar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 38 | 1:1,230,317 | 41,658 |
| Colombia | 15 | 1:3,184,938 | 14,936 |
| Mexico | 14 | 1:8,866,158 | 37,743 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
The alternate forms: Cortazar (9,771) & Cortàzar (1) are calculated separately.
Cortázar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cortázar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cortázar is more frequently found in Spain than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant: Cortazar or Cortàzar. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cortázar? popularity and diffusion
The surname Cortázar is the 2,136,387th most commonly used last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 93,430,076 people. The last name Cortázar occurs predominantly in Europe, where 50 percent of Cortázar are found; 50 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 49 percent are found in Iberian Europe.
It is most frequently occurring in Spain, where it is borne by 38 people, or 1 in 1,230,317. In Spain it is primarily concentrated in: Madrid, where 50 percent reside, Basque Country, where 21 percent reside and Andalusia, where 11 percent reside. Beside Spain Cortázar occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Colombia, where 19 percent reside and Mexico, where 18 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Cortázar
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis