Kurtisa Surname

1,943,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 92 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Kurtisa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kurtisa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia881:23,2963,526
England11:55,718,059489,080
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Kurtiša (4) are calculated separately.

Kurtisa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kurtisa is held by more people in Latvia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Kurtiša. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kurtisa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,943,350th most frequently held family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 79,212,456 people. The last name Kurtisa is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Kurtisa reside; 98 percent reside in Northern Europe and 96 percent reside in Baltic Europe.

It is most numerous in Latvia, where it is borne by 88 people, or 1 in 23,296. In Latvia Kurtisa is most numerous in: Riga Planning Region, where 53 percent are found, Kurzeme Planning Region, where 18 percent are found and Latgale, where 18 percent are found. Excluding Latvia Kurtisa exists in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent are found and Italy, where 1 percent are found.

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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
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  • 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 Kurtisa
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