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 found in Mexico more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Cortez, Cortêz, Cortèz or Córtez. Click here to see other possible spellings of Cortéz.
How Common Is The Last Name Cortéz? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,596,935th most widespread last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 57,382,251 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Cortéz live; 44 percent live in South America and 25 percent live in Hispano-Central America.
The surname Cortéz is most frequently held in Mexico, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 3,878,944. In Mexico Cortéz is mostly found in: Mexico City, where 16 percent live, Guerrero, where 9 percent live and Jalisco, where 9 percent live. Outside of Mexico it is found 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
- 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 Cortéz
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