The surname Cortina
A surname, carried by 3,031 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex C635
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 3,031 people named Cortina in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 101,863 Americans. That is up 30% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,331.
#10,577
rank among US surnames
3,031
people in 2010
1.0
per 100,000 Americans
+30%
change since 2000 (was #12,248)
Who is named Cortina
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
72% of people named Cortina identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 26% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 72%
- White (not Hispanic) 26%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.8%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
- Two or more races 0.2%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Cortina has the Soundex code C635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C635.
Questions
- How common is the surname Cortina?
- 3,031 people in the United States had the surname Cortina in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,863 Americans. It ranked 10,577th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Cortina?
- In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Cortina identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 26% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Cortina getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,331 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,031 in 2010, up 30%.