Kortar Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Kortar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kortar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia71:629,79127,063
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Kortar Last Name Facts

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

Kortar (Russian: Кортар) is more frequently found in Liberia than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kortar? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,213,395th most frequently used family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Kortar live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.

The last name is most frequently held in Liberia, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 629,791. In Liberia it is mostly found in: Bong County, where 86 percent reside and Lofa County, where 14 percent reside. Without taking into account Liberia this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 21 percent reside and Turkey, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kortarz922/
Korthare860/
Kurtar832,680/
Kortor83553/
Kartar83454/
Kertar833/
Cortar831/
Courtar77531/
Karttar7722/
Kartare7713/
Khartar776/
Karthar774/
Kartaar772/
Kurtarz771/
Kartgar771/
Kortoor771/
Kurtare771/
Cortgar770/
Corthar770/
Kurtarır71134/
Cortaire7138/
Korthour7114/
Khartare7111/
Khartaur711/
Cortayre711/
Qortaire711/
Courtard711/
Kaurthar711/
Kortheur710/
Cartar67210/
Cortor6736/
Courthard672/
Qartar671/

Kortar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kortar in the Russian language
Кортарkortar-

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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 Kortar
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