Kords Surname

1,994,173rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 88 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Luxembourg

Kords Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kords Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany591:1,364,49985,126
United States151:24,163,929685,360
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
France11:66,422,722504,397
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Kords Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kords (Russian: Кордс) is most common in Germany. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kords? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kords is the 1,994,173rd most frequently used family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 82,813,022 people. Kords occurs mostly in Europe, where 82 percent of Kords reside; 77 percent reside in Western Europe and 77 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 59 people, or 1 in 1,364,499. In Germany Kords is most prevalent in: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 41 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 27 percent reside and Schleswig-Holstein, where 19 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany Kords is found in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 17 percent reside and Switzerland, where 8 percent reside.

Kords Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Kords has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Kords surname expanded 167 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kords Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Kords surname are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60% registered with the party.

Kords earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 13.66% more than the national average, earning $49,042 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kordts91464/
Kortds914/
Kordsch831/
Cords802,263/
Korts80381/
Kurds8063/
Kards805/
Kordz804/
Korcs801/
Korzs801/
Cordts732,074/
Koerts731,387/
Koorts731,053/
Coords73125/
Kurdts7351/
Kortse7338/
Korths7321/
Coerds7315/
Kourts739/
Kohrts737/
Khorts735/
Korsts733/
Kortts732/
Kardsh732/
Kortsh731/
Kurdsh731/
Kaards731/
Courds730/
Korz67979/
Korc67488/
Kortsch67178/
Korç67130/
Coordts6749/
Korč6718/
Coerdts6716/
Koortse679/
Korddzh673/
Courdts671/
Cortdts671/
Kourdci671/

Kords Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kords in the Russian language
Кордсkords-

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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 Kords
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