de Curtis Surname

456,246th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 742 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

de Curtis Surname User-submission:

The surname Curti probably comes from the latin word Curtis, which was a kind of great rural house in the High Middle Age, mainly in Northern Italy. These "curtis" were property of nobles but in the fields around the curtis, always nobilian property, you could have found peasant men, who could have taken the surname from the place where they've worked during their life.

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de Curtis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy5601:109,20818,278
Brazil561:3,822,756105,432
Argentina401:1,068,58565,578
Venezuela241:1,258,50317,711
United States211:17,259,949572,238
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
England61:9,286,343223,652
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
France21:33,211,361423,184
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Malta11:430,2723,380
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

de Curtis Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname Curti probably comes from the latin word Curtis, which was a kind of great rural house in the High Middle Age, mainly in Northern Italy. These "curtis" were property of nobles but in the fields around the curtis, always nobilian property, you could have found peasant men, who could have taken the surname from the place where they've worked during their life.

- lorenzo.curti

de Curtis Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Curtis is found most in Italy. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

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

The surname de Curtis is the 456,246th most widespread family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 9,821,490 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 79 percent of de Curtis are found; 76 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 76 percent are found in Italic Europe.

It is most prevalent in Italy, where it is held by 560 people, or 1 in 109,208. In Italy it is mostly concentrated in: Campania, where 42 percent live, Molise, where 24 percent live and Lazio, where 13 percent live. Outside of Italy it occurs in 16 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 8 percent live and Argentina, where 5 percent live.

de Curtis Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de Curtis earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 77.69% more than the national average, earning €53,361 per year; in United States they earn 67.53% more than the national average, earning $72,286 USD per year and in Canada they earn 31.96% more than the national average, earning $65,562 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Curti945/
des Courtis9092/
de Courtois9026/
de Curtiz8910/
de Corti82146/
di Curti8224/
de Courteix808/
de Cortes7897/
de Cortie7867/
de Courte7816/
de Cortés788/
de Courty781/
de Cortès781/
de Corte712,431/
de Corta7181/
da Curty711/
di Corti711/
de Cortez6744/
da Cortes6711/
de Cortéz673/
di Cortes671/
de Korte592,461/
da Corte591,016/
da Corta59173/
di Corte5910/
da Córte591/
da Cortez561/

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