Cortez
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English
Etymology
From Spanish Cortez, variant of Cortés.
Proper noun
Cortez (countable and uncountable, plural Cortezs or Cortezes)
- A surname from Spanish.
- A city, the county seat of Montezuma County, Colorado, United States.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Cortez is the 310th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 101,694 individuals. Cortez is most common among Hispanic/Latino (89.65%) individuals.
See also
Cebuano
Etymology
From Spanish, variant of Cortés.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Cor‧tez
Proper noun
Cortez
- a surname from Spanish
Kapampangan
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish, variant of Cortés.
Proper noun
Cortez
- a surname from Spanish
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /koɾˈteθ/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /koɾˈtes/
- Rhymes: -eθ
- Rhymes: -es
- Syllabification: Cor‧tez
Proper noun
Cortez m or f by sense
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Cortez, variant of Cortés, from cortés (“polite”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /koɾˈtes/
- Rhymes: -es
- Syllabification: Cor‧tez
Proper noun
Cortéz (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇ᜔ᜆᜒᜐ᜔)
- 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.