Kortright Surname

489,550th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 677 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Andorra

Kortright Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kortright Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5471:662,63152,967
Mexico711:1,748,25617,580
New Zealand181:251,57423,165
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Guyana91:84,6916,279
England81:6,964,757184,742
Puerto Rico71:507,1633,435
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England161:1,523,46151,234
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1151:436,68431,761

Kortright Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kortright is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kortright? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 489,550th most commonly held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 10,764,470 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Kortright are found; 93 percent are found in North America and 82 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

It is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 547 people, or 1 in 662,631. In The United States Kortright is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 41 percent reside, Florida, where 10 percent reside and California, where 5 percent reside. Other than The United States this surname is found in 11 countries. It is also common in Mexico, where 10 percent reside and New Zealand, where 3 percent reside.

Kortright Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Kortright has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kortright last name expanded 476 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kortright Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Kortright surname are 21.36% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 68.13% being registered with the party.

The amount Kortright earn in different countries varies greatly. In Colombia they earn 52.51% less than the national average, earning $10,780,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 4.78% more than the national average, earning $45,210 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.95% more than the national average, earning $53,136 CAD per year.

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Kortright Reference & Research

Courtright DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Courtright FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Kortright
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