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    The surname Cortes

    A Spanish surname, carried by 46,229 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C632

    Cortes: #751 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Cortes #751, 46,229 people Cortes: #751 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cortes #751, 46,229 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cortes is more common than 99.5% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    From Spanish Cortés.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 46,229 people named Cortes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 6,679 Americans. That is up 53% since 2000, when the Census counted 30,141.

    #751
    rank among US surnames
    46,229
    people in 2010
    16
    per 100,000 Americans
    +53.4%
    change since 2000 (was #1,061)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #742Dyer47,1706,545
    #743Prince47,1686,546
    #744MacDonald46,7176,609
    #745Solomon46,5346,635
    #746Guevara46,4546,646
    #747Stafford46,3946,655
    #748English46,3936,655

    Who is named Cortes

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    92% of people named Cortes identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 92%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • Two or more races 0.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Cortess

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Eddy Alvarez
      American short track speed skater and baseball player, born 1990
    • Arthur Verocai
      Brazilian composer and conductor, singer and pianist as well as music producer, born 1945

    Notable Cortess come mostly from the United States (1) and Brazil (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cortes

    Cortes has the Soundex code C632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C632.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Cortes come from?
    From Spanish Cortés.
    How common is the surname Cortes?
    46,229 people in the United States had the surname Cortes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,679 Americans. It ranked 751st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cortes?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Cortes identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Cortes?
    Eddy Alvarez, American short track speed skater and baseball player, followed by Arthur Verocai.
    Where is the surname Cortes most common?
    Wikidata records people named Cortes in the United States and Brazil.
    Is the surname Cortes getting more or less common?
    More common. 30,141 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 46,229 in 2010, up 53%.