Kortak Surname

246,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,612 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Transnistria

Kortak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kortak Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey1,4331:54,3075,321
Russia1011:1,426,96199,135
Ukraine351:1,300,648109,855
Moldova201:178,06817,570
Transnistria111:43,1546,501
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Kortak Last Name Facts

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

Kortak (Marathi: कोरतक, Russian: Кортак) is most common in Turkey. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Kortak.

How Common Is The Last Name Kortak? popularity and diffusion

Kortak is the 246,661st most numerous surname in the world, held by around 1 in 4,520,810 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 85 percent of Kortak are found; 85 percent are found in West Asia and 85 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.

The last name Kortak is most commonly used in Turkey, where it is carried by 1,433 people, or 1 in 54,307. In Turkey Kortak is most numerous in: Diyarbakir Province, where 30 percent reside, Izmir Province, where 14 percent reside and Mardin Province, where 13 percent reside. Barring Turkey this surname exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 6 percent reside and Ukraine, where 2 percent reside.

Kortak Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Kortak surname is primarily Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kourtak9220/
Kortake922/
Korthak921/
Kurtak83803/
Kartak83529/
Kortok83104/
Cortak836/
Kortac831/
Kortag831/
Kertak830/
Kortakova8025/
Korthauke800/
Karthak77312/
Khurtak77170/
Karttak772/
Kartňak771/
Kaurtak771/
Kartaik771/
Kurtake771/
Kartack770/
Karthakh711/
Kartaukh711/
Kharthak711/
Kartakke711/
Cortac67518/
Kurtok67392/
Kartakova67255/
Kurtakova67211/
Karták67114/
Kurťak6720/
Kertok6714/
Kurták677/
Kurtag674/
Kartok673/
Kurtaková672/
Cortag672/
Kartac671/
Kartakowa671/

Kortak Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kortak in the Marathi language
कोरतकkorataka-
Kortak in the Russian language
Кортакkortak-

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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 Kortak
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