Kortia Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Lithuania

Kortia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kortia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Kortia (19) may also be a first name.

Kortia Last Name Facts

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

Kortia has its highest incidence in Germany. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kortia? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 7,117,718th most frequently used family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Kortia is predominantly found in Africa, where 43 percent of Kortia live; 43 percent live in West Africa and 29 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kortia is also the 2,523,061st most frequently held first name on earth, borne by 19 people.

The last name Kortia is most commonly used in Germany, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 80,505,459. In Germany Kortia is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 100 percent live. Barring Germany this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 14 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 14 percent live.

Kortia Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Kortia has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kortia last name declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kotrtia920/
Kartia83344/
Kertia83236/
Kortya8386/
Kurtia8326/
Kortio8319/
Cortia836/
Kartiah77391/
Kortjas77276/
Kartija7761/
Cortias7745/
Kurtiah7721/
Khartia7710/
Khertia775/
Karthia773/
Khurtia773/
Cortija772/
Corthia772/
Kortioe771/
Gkortea771/
Kurttia771/
Kartiat771/
Cortiea771/
Kortjass71671/
Courtias7122/
Courtiat7115/
Korteaho718/
Cortihas712/
Gkarthia711/
Cortegia711/
Kartaiya711/
Khurtija711/
Kartio67681/
Cartia67600/
Cortea67151/
Kertya67111/
Courthias6726/
Kurtio6715/
Cortio6712/
Kertio678/
Kartya677/
Korteo676/
Kurtya676/
Curtia675/
Kurtea671/
Koortjaas671/
Cortya671/
Kurtja671/

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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 Kortia
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