Kortegård Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Denmark
Highest density in:
Greenland

Kortegård Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kortegård Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Denmark261:217,10417,438
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

The alternate forms: Kortegard (14) are calculated separately.

Kortegård Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kortegård is more frequently found in Denmark than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant: Kortegard. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kortegård? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,730,171st most frequent last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 96 percent of Kortegård live; 96 percent live in Northern Europe and 96 percent live in Scandinavia.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Denmark, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 217,104. In Denmark it is most numerous in: North Denmark Region, where 62 percent live, Central Denmark Region, where 19 percent live and Region of Southern Denmark, where 19 percent live. Barring Denmark Kortegård is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Greenland, where 4 percent live and Norway, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kortegard9614/
Kortgård9430/
Kortegaard84363/
Kortgard8263/
Kortgaard7858/
Grytegård786/
Krutgard7135/
Gratgård712/
Krutkerd712/
Kartgard710/
Gredegård6713/
Gärdegård679/
Cardegård676/
Kordgaard671/
Kordkherd671/
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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 Kortegård
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