Tort Surname

87,245th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,515 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Uruguay

Tort Surname Definition:

(Anglo-French-Latin) Wry, Crooked [Old French tort, Latin tort-us, twisted, crooked] Ralph le Tort.—Plac. de quo Warr.

Tort Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain1,7841:26,2062,728
Uruguay9471:3,624426
France9061:73,31410,265
Mexico5101:243,3856,064
Argentina3991:107,1269,062
United States2131:1,701,685112,840
Turkey1691:460,48226,891
Russia1511:954,45774,620
Brazil1511:1,417,71147,804
Philippines681:1,488,797104,347
Chile401:440,41211,644
Estonia231:57,47010,794
Canada191:1,939,242123,675
Ireland171:276,9969,887
Puerto Rico151:236,6762,394
Belarus151:633,40454,314
Ivory Coast121:1,922,60335,802
England91:6,190,895170,599
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
Afghanistan61:5,358,86425,178
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Venezuela51:6,040,81547,898
Chad41:3,398,0507,703
Cambodia31:5,162,38210,688
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Abkhazia11:242,8655,354
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States821:612,42340,920

Tort (74) may also be a first name.

Tort Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Anglo-French-Latin) Wry, Crooked [Old French tort, Latin tort-us, twisted, crooked] Ralph le Tort.—Plac. de quo Warr.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Tort Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tort (Russian: Торт) is carried by more people in Spain than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Tort.

How Common Is The Last Name Tort? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 87,245th most common family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 1,321,405 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 52 percent of Tort are found; 32 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 32 percent are found in Iberian Europe. Tort is also the 1,125,792nd most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 74 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Spain, where it is held by 1,784 people, or 1 in 26,206. In Spain it is mostly found in: Catalonia, where 89 percent live, Valencian Community, where 8 percent live and Madrid, where 1 percent live. Besides Spain it exists in 52 countries. It is also common in Uruguay, where 17 percent live and France, where 16 percent live.

Tort Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Tort has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Tort surname expanded 260 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 150 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Tort Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Tort last name are 24.28% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 71.05% registered with the political party.

The amount Tort earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 9.35% more than the national average, earning $47,184 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.92% less than the national average, earning $42,766 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Torte89211/
Tourt89114/
Thort8956/
Tortt8930/
Tordt8916/
Torts8914/
Torth891/
Tortz891/
Tor8658,911/
Tourte801,217/
Thorte8054/
Toiret8014/
Thortz8011/
T'Hort808/
Thorth807/
Torthe804/
Toortz801/
Toyret800/
Thorts800/
Toor7520,871/
Thor7520,847/
Tore7511,686/
Tart758,827/
Tuor757,268/
Torp755,516/
Torr753,910/
Tour751,662/
Torz751,205/
Toir75696/
Torh75614/
Turt75384/
Tert75162/
Tord75150/
Htor7512/
Tohr759/
Torø758/
Ttor755/
Torč754/
Totr753/
Toyr751/
Târt751/
Dtor751/
Tortova7340/
Thourte7331/
Thorthe734/
Tortsch731/
Toure671,029,155/
Torre6758,747/
Tarte6711,687/
Thore679,335/
Tartt671,199/
Thoor67343/
Thour67240/
Thorr67214/
Thart67133/
Thorz67124/
Torcz6792/
Thord6772/
Toire6772/
Toore6770/
Htour6768/
Turte6762/
Toyre6740/
Tarts6735/
Toord6730/
Thorø6725/
Torød6719/
Tardt6718/
Tohur6717/
Torhe6716/
Turtt6715/
Taart6715/
Torgy6713/
Torzs6712/
Tarth6712/
Tuore6710/
Thoir679/
Toorp676/
Torpp676/
Thuor675/
Tourd675/
Tourh675/
Turth674/
Tosre674/
Terth674/
Terrt673/
Tourz673/
Tourr672/
Dhtor672/
Torrr672/
Htorr671/
Dtorr671/
Turrt671/
Totrh671/
Tottr671/
Ttoor671/
Thotr671/
Thurt671/
Thhor671/
Taurt671/
Tartp671/
Tarrt671/
Toirh671/
Torrd671/
Toorr671/
Toosr671/
Torrz671/
Torzh671/
Thoër671/
Torrë671/
Tousr671/
Dtert671/
Turts670/
Tordd670/
Thorh670/

Tort Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tort in the Russian language
Тортtort-

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