How common is the surname Kort?

1,610 people in the United States had the surname Kort in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 191,767 Americans. It ranked 17,502nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kort?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Kort identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Kort getting more or less common?

More common. 1,213 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,610 in 2010, up 33%.

The surname Kort

A Yiddish surname, carried by 1,610 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kort is more common than 89.2% of them.

Origin

Yiddish origin

* As a Dutch surname, from the adjective kort (“short”). * As a German surname, pet form of Konrad. * As a Jewish surname, via Polish from Yiddish קאָרט (kort, “cord”), ultimately from the root of English cord. * Also as an Ashkenazic Jewish surname, from Yiddish קאַרטל (kartl, “card”), itself borrowed from German Karte.

One of 31 Yiddish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,610 people named Kort in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 191,767 Americans. That is up 33% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,213.

#17,502

rank among US surnames

1,610

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+32.7%

change since 2000 (was #20,367)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,495	Cleek	1,611	191,648
#17,502	Iman	1,610	191,767

Who is named Kort

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

90% of people named Kort identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.0%
Two or more races 2.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kort

Kort has the Soundex code K630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K630.

Other Yiddish surnames

All 31 Yiddish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kort come from?: * As a Dutch surname, from the adjective kort (“short”). * As a German surname, pet form of Konrad. * As a Jewish surname, via Polish from Yiddish קאָרט (kort, “cord”), ultimately from the root of English cord. * Also as an Ashkenazic Jewish surname, from Yiddish קאַרטל (kartl, “card”), itself…
How common is the surname Kort?: 1,610 people in the United States had the surname Kort in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 191,767 Americans. It ranked 17,502nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kort?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Kort identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Kort getting more or less common?: More common. 1,213 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,610 in 2010, up 33%.