de Cortés Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Argentina
Highest density in:
Panama

de Cortés Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Cortés Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
France11:66,422,722504,397
Panama11:3,912,25817,195

The alternate forms: de Cortes (97), de Cortès (1) & de Côrtes (1) are calculated separately.

de Cortés Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Cortés Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name de Cortés is found in Argentina more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as: de Cortes, de Cortès or de Côrtes. Click here for further potential spellings of de Cortés.

How Common Is The Last Name de Cortés? popularity and diffusion

de Cortés is the 6,723,624th most frequent surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 88 percent of de Cortés reside; 50 percent reside in South America and 25 percent reside in Hispano-North America.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Argentina, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 21,371,707. In Argentina it is primarily found in: Buenos Aires Province, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Argentina this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Colombia, where 25 percent reside and Mexico, where 25 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Cortes9697/
de Cortès961/
de Côrtes931/
de Cortéz893/
de Cortese841/
de Corte822,431/
de Corti82146/
de Corta8281/
des Courtis8092/
de Courtois8026/
de Curtis78742/
de Sortis7899/
de Cortie7867/
de Cortez7844/
de Courte7816/
da Cortes7811/
de Cartis783/
de Corter781/
de Courty781/
di Cortes781/
des Cartes7414/
de Korte712,461/
da Corte711,016/
da Corta71173/
de Carte7121/
di Corte7110/
de Carta714/
da Cortá711/
di Corti711/
de Courteix708/
de Sartes6717/
de Curtiz6710/
de Carter673/
De-Sortis671/
da Cortez671/
de Carthy670/
Des-Cartes634/
da Côrte592/
da Carte591/
da Córte591/
di Carta591/
de Quarti565/
da Carter561/
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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 de Cortés
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