Cortese surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Cortese surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,221 people carried this name — #7,844 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 69,900 people counted. That is up 3% from 4,109 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 2,027 people named Cortese live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 821
City of Buenos Aires 443
Córdoba 263
Santa Fe 219
Entre Ríos 63
La Pampa 51
Mendoza 46
Río Negro 24

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 242 people named Cortese.

120 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 120
Alpes-Maritimes 15
Vosges 14
Rhône 12
Haut-Rhin 10
Var 10
Meurthe-et-Moselle 8
Moselle 8
Bouches-du-Rhône 7

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

222 people named Cortese live in Switzerland.

They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 36
Ticino 34
St. Gallen 30
Graubünden 23
Thurgau 17
Lucerne 15
Valais 14
Vaud 12

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 60 people named Cortese live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Hainaut 43
Namur 17

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Cortese,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Leone Cortese d. 1496 · Catholic priest
  • Cristoforo Cortese 1400–1500 · illuminator
  • Alessandro Cortese 1460–1490 · writer
  • Giovanni Andrea Cortese 1483–1548 · Catholic priest
  • Ersilia Cortese 1529–1587
  • Isabella Cortese 1550–1561 · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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