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    The surname Cortez

    A Spanish surname, carried by 101,694 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C632

    Cortez: #310 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Cortez #310, 101,694 people Cortez: #310 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott Cortez #310, 101,694 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cortez is more common than 99.8% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    From Spanish Cortez, variant of 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 101,694 people named Cortez in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 3,036 Americans. That is up 31% since 2000, when the Census counted 77,492.

    #310
    rank among US surnames
    101,694
    people in 2010
    34
    per 100,000 Americans
    +31.2%
    change since 2000 (was #367)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #301Davidson103,9302,971
    #302Acosta103,4182,985
    #303Brewer103,3182,988
    #304May103,3062,989
    #305Holland102,5383,011
    #306Juarez101,9493,028
    #307Newman101,9313,029

    Who is named Cortez

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

    90% of people named Cortez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.0% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 90%
    • White (not Hispanic) 6.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • Two or more races 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Cortezs

    7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Bruno Cortez
      Brazilian association football player, born 1987
    • Catherine Cortez Masto
      American lawyer and politician (born 1964)
    • Ricardo Cortez
      American actor (1900-1977)
    • Alberto Cortez
      Argentine singer (1940-2019)
    • Gabriel Cortez
      Association football player, born 1995
    • Stanley Cortez
      American cinematographer (1908–1997)
    • Freddie Gorman
      American recording artist, songwriter and record producer, 1939–2006

    Notable Cortezs come mostly from the United States (4), Brazil (1) and Spain (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cortez

    Cortez 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 Cortez come from?
    From Spanish Cortez, variant of Cortés.
    How common is the surname Cortez?
    101,694 people in the United States had the surname Cortez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,036 Americans. It ranked 310th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cortez?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Cortez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.0% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Cortez?
    Bruno Cortez, Brazilian association football player, followed by Catherine Cortez Masto.
    Where is the surname Cortez most common?
    Wikidata records people named Cortez in the United States, Brazil and Spain and 1 other country.
    Is the surname Cortez getting more or less common?
    More common. 77,492 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 101,694 in 2010, up 31%.