How common is the surname Korte?

4,436 people in the United States had the surname Korte in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,600 Americans. It ranked 7,505th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Korte?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Korte identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Where is the surname Korte most common?

Wikidata records people named Korte in the United States.

Is the surname Korte getting more or less common?

More common. 4,282 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,436 in 2010, up 3.6%.

The surname Korte

A surname, carried by 4,436 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). Korte is more common than 95.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,436 people named Korte in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 69,600 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,282.

#7,505

rank among US surnames

4,436

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+3.6%

change since 2000 (was #7,186)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,500	Jiles	4,441	69,522
#7,502	Espiritu	4,438	69,569
#7,504	Cureton	4,437	69,584
#7,505	Korte	4,436	69,600
#7,508	Cullum	4,435	69,616

Who is named Korte

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

95% of people named Korte identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kortes

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Karl Korte
American composer, 1928–2022

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Korte

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

Questions

How common is the surname Korte?: 4,436 people in the United States had the surname Korte in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,600 Americans. It ranked 7,505th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Korte?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Korte identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Korte?: Karl Korte, American composer.
Where is the surname Korte most common?: Wikidata records people named Korte in the United States.
Is the surname Korte getting more or less common?: More common. 4,282 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,436 in 2010, up 3.6%.