How common is the surname Courtney?

27,205 people in the United States had the surname Courtney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,349 Americans. It ranked 1,294th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Courtney?

Jai Courtney, Australian actor (born 1986), followed by Joel Courtney.

Where is the surname Courtney most common?

Wikidata records people named Courtney in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.

How do you pronounce Courtney?

Courtney is /ˈkɔː(ɹ)tni/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Courtney getting more or less common?

More common. 26,668 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 27,205 in 2010, up 2.0%.

What are other spellings of Courtney?

Cotney, Kourtney and Courteney.

Is Courtney also a first name?

Yes. Courtney is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Courtney

A French surname, carried by 27,205 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkɔː(ɹ)tni/ 2 syllables Soundex C635 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Courtney is more common than 99.2% of them.

Origin

French origin

Variant of Courtenay, an aristocratic Norman surname derived from place names in Normandy, from Latin Curtenus, a personal name from curtus (“short”).

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 27,205 people named Courtney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 11,349 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 26,668.

#1,294

rank among US surnames

27,205

people in 2010

9.2

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #1,202)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,285	Head	27,292	11,313
#1,286	Montano	27,276	11,319
#1,287	Paredes	27,274	11,320
#1,288	Delatorre	27,265	11,324
#1,289	Langley	27,252	11,329
#1,290	Sinclair	27,243	11,333
#1,291	Dwyer	27,240	11,334

Who is named Courtney

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

85% of people named Courtney identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Courtneys

11 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jai Courtney
Australian actor (born 1986)
Joel Courtney
American actor, born 1996
Tom Courtney
American athletics competitor (1933–2023)
Nicholas Courtney
British actor (1929–2011)
James Jude Courtney
American actor and stunt performer, born 1957
Stephanie Courtney
American actress and comedian, born 1970
Kate Courtney
American cyclist, born 1995
Inez Courtney
American actress (1908-1975)
James Courtney
Australian racecar driver, born 1980
Megan Courtney
American volleyball player, born 1993
Kathy Hochul
57th governor of state New York since 2021

Notable Courtneys come mostly from the United States (8), Australia (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Cotney
Kourtney
Courteney

Surnames that sound like Courtney

Courtney has the Soundex code C635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C635.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Courtney come from?: Variant of Courtenay, an aristocratic Norman surname derived from place names in Normandy, from Latin Curtenus, a personal name from curtus (“short”).
How common is the surname Courtney?: 27,205 people in the United States had the surname Courtney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,349 Americans. It ranked 1,294th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Courtney?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Courtney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Courtney?: Jai Courtney, Australian actor (born 1986), followed by Joel Courtney.
Where is the surname Courtney most common?: Wikidata records people named Courtney in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Courtney?: Courtney is /ˈkɔː(ɹ)tni/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Courtney getting more or less common?: More common. 26,668 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 27,205 in 2010, up 2.0%.
What are other spellings of Courtney?: Cotney, Kourtney and Courteney.
Is Courtney also a first name?: Yes. Courtney is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.