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
Kortey (Russian: Кортэй) is found most frequently in Ghana. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kortey? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 389,084th most frequently held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 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.
The last name is most commonly used in Ghana, where it is borne by 901 people, or 1 in 29,990. Barring Ghana this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
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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