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 last name Kortey (Russian: Кортэй) occurs more in Ghana more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kortey? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 389,084th most common surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 7,999,502 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kortey live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Kortey is most frequent in Ghana, where it is held by 901 people, or 1 in 29,990. Outside of Ghana this surname exists 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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