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.

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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 be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

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

It is the 456,246th most commonly occurring family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 9,821,490 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 79 percent of de Curtis reside; 76 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 76 percent reside in Italic Europe.

The surname de Curtis is most numerous in Italy, where it is held by 560 people, or 1 in 109,208. In Italy it is mostly found in: Campania, where 42 percent reside, Molise, where 24 percent reside and Lazio, where 13 percent reside. Other than Italy this surname is found in 16 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 8 percent reside and Argentina, where 5 percent reside.

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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