Cortês Surname
Approximately 370 people bear this surname
Cortês Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 302 | 1:34,497 | 2,124 |
| Brazil | 46 | 1:4,653,790 | 122,015 |
| Cape Verde | 7 | 1:75,663 | 2,587 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 2 | 1:88,712 | 2,936 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
The alternate forms: Cortes (838,977), Cortés (4,970), Cortès (155), Côrtes (298), Córtes (10), Cõrtes (2) & Córtés (1) are calculated separately.
Cortês Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cortês Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cortês is more commonly found in Portugal than any other country/territory. It may also appear as: Cortes, Cortés, Cortès, Côrtes, Córtes, Cõrtes or Córtés. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cortês? popularity and diffusion
The surname Cortês is the 769,129th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 19,696,070 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 82 percent of Cortês are found; 82 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 82 percent are found in Iberian Europe.
The surname is most prevalent in Portugal, where it is borne by 302 people, or 1 in 34,497. Apart from Portugal it occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 12 percent live and Cape Verde, where 2 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 Cortês
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