Cortez

English

Etymology

From Spanish Cortez, variant of Cortés.

Proper noun

Cortez (countable and uncountable, plural Cortezs or Cortezes)

1. A surname from Spanish.
2. A city, the county seat of Montezuma County, Colorado, United States.

Derived terms

• AOC
• Sea of Cortez

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cortez is the 310^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 101,694 individuals. Cortez is most common among Hispanic/Latino (89.65%) individuals.

See also

• Cort
• Corte
• Cortes

 

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish, variant of Cortés.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Cor‧tez

Proper noun

Cortez

1. a surname from Spanish

Kapampangan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish, variant of Cortés.

Proper noun

Cortez

1. a surname from Spanish

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /koɾˈteθ/ [koɾˈt̪eθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /koɾˈtes/ [koɾˈt̪es]
• Rhymes: -eθ
• Rhymes: -es
• Syllabification: Cor‧tez

Proper noun

Cortez m or f by sense

1. a surname, variant of Cortés

Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish Cortez, variant of Cortés, from cortés (“polite”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /koɾˈtes/ [koɾˈt̪ɛs]
• Rhymes: -es
• Syllabification: Cor‧tez

Proper noun

Cortéz (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇ᜔ᜆᜒᜐ᜔)

1. a surname from Spanish

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Cortez is the 30th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 123,864 individuals.