Cortijo

See also: cortijo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Cortijo.

Proper noun

Cortijo (plural Cortijos)

1. A surname from Spanish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cortijo is the 41959^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 518 individuals. Cortijo is most common among Hispanic/Latino (89.77%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cortijo”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 371.