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    The surname Cortright

    A surname, carried by 1,796 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C636

    Cortright: #16,120 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cortright #16,120, 1,796 people Cortright: #16,120 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cortright #16,120, 1,796 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cortright is more common than 90.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,796 people named Cortright in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 171,907 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,588.

    #16,120
    rank among US surnames
    1,796
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.1%
    change since 2000 (was #16,625)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,120Cortright1,796171,907
    #16,125Kinnaman1,795172,003

    Who is named Cortright

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

    93% of people named Cortright identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.1%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cortright

    Cortright has the Soundex code C636, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C636.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Cortright?
    1,796 people in the United States had the surname Cortright in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 171,907 Americans. It ranked 16,120th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cortright?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Cortright identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Cortright getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,588 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,796 in 2010, up 13%.