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    The surname Court

    A surname, carried by 2,530 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex C630

    Court: #12,289 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Court #12,289, 2,530 people Court: #12,289 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Court #12,289, 2,530 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Court is more common than 92.4% of them.

    Origin

    * As an English and French surname, from the noun court. Also from the French adjective court (“short”). * As an Irish surname, reduced from McCourt.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,530 people named Court in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,034 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,525.

    #12,289
    rank among US surnames
    2,530
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.2%
    change since 2000 (was #11,446)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,285Dolezal2,531121,986
    #12,289Valiente2,530122,034
    #12,292Spillers2,529122,082
    #12,296Scheidt2,528122,130

    Who is named Court

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

    91% of people named Court identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Courts

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Margaret Court
      Australian tennis player, born 1942

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Court

    Court has the Soundex code C630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C630.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Court come from?
    * As an English and French surname, from the noun court. Also from the French adjective court (“short”). * As an Irish surname, reduced from McCourt.
    How common is the surname Court?
    2,530 people in the United States had the surname Court in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,034 Americans. It ranked 12,289th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Court?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Court identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Court?
    Margaret Court, Australian tennis player.
    Where is the surname Court most common?
    Wikidata records people named Court in Australia.
    Is the surname Court getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,525 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,530 in 2010, up 0.2%.