Cortéz Surname
Approximately 127 people bear this surname
Cortéz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 32 | 1:3,878,944 | 25,867 |
| Argentina | 19 | 1:2,249,653 | 107,269 |
| Bolivia | 15 | 1:707,762 | 4,472 |
| Panama | 11 | 1:355,660 | 7,645 |
| Guatemala | 9 | 1:1,786,963 | 6,100 |
| Venezuela | 8 | 1:3,775,510 | 36,567 |
| El Salvador | 8 | 1:792,986 | 3,584 |
| Colombia | 6 | 1:7,962,345 | 23,614 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
The alternate forms: Cortez (614,814), Cortêz (49), Cortèz (9) & Córtez (9) are calculated separately.
Cortéz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cortéz Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cortéz is more frequently found in Mexico than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Cortez, Cortêz, Cortèz or Córtez. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cortéz? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,596,935th most frequently used last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 57,382,251 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Cortéz are found; 44 percent are found in South America and 25 percent are found in Hispano-Central America.
This surname is most prevalent in Mexico, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 3,878,944. In Mexico it is primarily concentrated in: Mexico City, where 16 percent live, Guerrero, where 9 percent live and Jalisco, where 9 percent live. Not including Mexico it exists in 17 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 15 percent live and Bolivia, where 12 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
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- 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 Cortéz
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