Courteous Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Courteous Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Courteous (10) may also be a first name.
Courteous Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Courteous Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Courteous is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Courteous? popularity and diffusion
Courteous is the 6,360,413th most frequently held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 44 percent of Courteous reside; 44 percent reside in West Africa and 44 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Courteous is also the 3,684,242nd most common forename throughout the world. It is borne by 10 people.
The surname Courteous is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria it is most common in: Kogi, where 100 percent live. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 44 percent live and China, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corteous | 94 | 2 | / |
| Courtious | 89 | 1 | / |
| Courtehoux | 84 | 84 | / |
| Courtheoux | 84 | 63 | / |
| Courtteyou | 84 | 0 | / |
| Courteau | 82 | 1,920 | / |
| Cortejos | 82 | 683 | / |
| Courtieu | 82 | 370 | / |
| Courtios | 82 | 7 | / |
| Curtejos | 82 | 3 | / |
| Courtiou | 82 | 2 | / |
| Curtious | 82 | 1 | / |
| Corteo | 80 | 65 | / |
| Courteheuse | 80 | 49 | / |
| Curtius | 75 | 606 | / |
| Corteau | 75 | 11 | / |
| Corteas | 75 | 3 | / |
| Courtea | 75 | 2 | / |
| Cortius | 75 | 1 | / |
| Curtios | 75 | 0 | / |
| Courthéoux | 74 | 8 | / |
| Cortijos | 71 | 407 | / |
| Curtuius | 71 | 176 | / |
| Courtias | 71 | 22 | / |
| Courtiot | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kourtios | 71 | 1 | / |
| Carteo | 67 | 825 | / |
| Cortea | 67 | 151 | / |
| Curtio | 67 | 78 | / |
| Courthias | 67 | 26 | / |
| Cortio | 67 | 12 | / |
| Cortesejo | 67 | 10 | / |
| Curtiu | 67 | 6 | / |
| Korteo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Curtea | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cortyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cortecejo | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Courteous
- 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