Kortjan Surname

1,544,715th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 134 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Kortjan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kortjan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1341:404,31135,545

Kortjan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kortjan is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Kortjan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kortjan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,544,715th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 54,384,671 people. The surname Kortjan is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kortjan are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 134 people, or 1 in 404,311. In South Africa Kortjan is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 98 percent are found, Gauteng, where 1 percent are found and Limpopo, where 1 percent are found.

Kortjan Last Name Statistics demography

Kortjan earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 71.6% less than the national average, earning R 67,500 per year.

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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 Kortjan
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