Kortan Surname

341,330th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,076 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Kortan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kortan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5241:691,71654,826
Czechia2211:48,1158,039
Turkey1981:393,03724,007
Northern Cyprus391:8,1801,959
Austria371:230,14727,778
England171:3,277,533109,658
Russia81:18,015,382436,635
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Ukraine51:9,104,539300,808
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Kazakhstan41:4,420,624134,293
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States211:2,391,366115,093

The alternate forms: Kortán (32) are calculated separately.

Kortan (33) may also be a first name.

Kortan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kortan (Hindi: कोरतन, Russian: Кортан) is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Kortán. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kortan.

How Common Is The Last Name Kortan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 341,330th most widespread family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 6,772,812 people. Kortan occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 49 percent of Kortan live; 49 percent live in North America and 49 percent live in Anglo-North America. Kortan is also the 1,807,719th most numerous first name throughout the world, held by 33 people.

This surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 524 people, or 1 in 691,716. In The United States it is most frequent in: Minnesota, where 25 percent reside, South Dakota, where 15 percent reside and Ohio, where 14 percent reside. Beside The United States this surname occurs in 18 countries. It is also found in Czechia, where 21 percent reside and Turkey, where 18 percent reside.

Kortan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Kortan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Kortan surname rose 2,495 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kortan Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Kortan last name are 11.56% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 58.33% being registered with the party.

Kortan earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.29% more than the national average, earning $43,275 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kortan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kortan in the Hindi language
कोरतनkoratana-
Kortan in the Russian language
Кортанkortan-

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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 Kortan
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