Kortegast Surname

1,118,459th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 217 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Kortegast Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kortegast Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany981:821,48459,964
New Zealand641:70,75510,593
United States481:7,551,228341,161
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Kortegast Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kortegast occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kortegast? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kortegast is the 1,118,459th most widely held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 33,583,161 people. The surname Kortegast occurs mostly in Europe, where 45 percent of Kortegast are found; 45 percent are found in Western Europe and 45 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

Kortegast is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 98 people, or 1 in 821,484. In Germany Kortegast is most numerous in: Lower Saxony, where 33 percent reside, Saxony-Anhalt, where 29 percent reside and Hamburg, where 18 percent reside. Apart from Germany it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in New Zealand, where 29 percent reside and The United States, where 22 percent reside.

Kortegast Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Kortegast surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 66.67% being registered with the party.

Kortegast earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 17.81% more than the national average, earning $50,832 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kortegas9411/
Kortegaß821/
Cortega7517/
Kortiga751/
Cortegos711/
Cortegaa711/
Cortiga636/
Cartega633/
Kartisga59102/
Karthiga5990/
Carteaga591/
Cartigas591/
Karthigaa5630/
Karthigai565/
Cortigo507/
Cartiga504/

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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 Kortegast
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