Kortey Surname
Approximately 911 people bear this surname
Kortey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 901 | 1:29,990 | 3,547 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kortey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kortey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kortey (Russian: Кортэй) is carried by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kortey? popularity and diffusion
Kortey is the 389,084th most widespread family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 7,999,502 people. Kortey occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kortey reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Kortey is most frequently occurring in Ghana, where it is carried by 901 people, or 1 in 29,990. Besides Ghana this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kortey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kortey in the Russian language | ||
| Кортэй | kortej | - |
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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 Kortey
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