Čortan Surname

725,073rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 401 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Serbia
Highest density in:
Serbia

Čortan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Čortan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Serbia3401:21,0152,390
Croatia531:79,78513,729
Montenegro41:159,8915,521
Bosnia and Herzegovina21:1,768,20116,841
England11:55,718,059489,080
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

The alternate forms: Cortan (1,133) are calculated separately.

Čortan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Čortan occurs most in Serbia. It may also be rendered as: Cortan. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Čortan? popularity and diffusion

Čortan is the 725,073rd most frequently used last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 18,173,431 people. Čortan is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Čortan are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

The last name is most frequently used in Serbia, where it is held by 340 people, or 1 in 21,015. In Serbia Čortan is most common in: Belgrade, where 30 percent live, Srem District, where 29 percent live and West Bačka District, where 15 percent live. Barring Serbia this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Croatia, where 13 percent live and Montenegro, where 1 percent live.

Čortan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Čortan has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Čortan surname declined 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cortan941,133/
Čertan8322/
Zortan832/
Ciortan773,556/
Csortan77206/
Cortain7724/
Chortan7717/
Corthan778/
Courtan775/
Coortan770/
Courtain71366/
Courthan719/
Zorthain711/
Corthean710/
Courtean710/
Corton673,050/
Cartan671,465/
Curtan67151/
Cortón6730/
Zartan6716/
Zorton677/
Zertan677/
Chourtane671/
Cortanova671/

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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 Čortan
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