The Cortina surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,031 people carried this name — #10,577 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 97,100 people counted. That is up 30% from 2,331 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 995 people named Cortina 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 mapWhere they live today
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 103 people named Cortina.
33 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Meurthe-et-Moselle.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
33 people named Cortina live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Neuchâtel.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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 print
Cortina in American newspapers,
1875–1910.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 20,861 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Cortina,
with a public archive behind them.
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Manuel Cortina 1802–1879 · lawyer -
Juan Cortina 1824–1894 · military personnel -
Juan Cortina 1824–1894 · military personnel
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Antonio Cortina Farinós 1841–1890 · artist -
José Antonio Cortina 1853–1884 · writer -
Ibo de la Cortina y Roperto 1805–1899 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cortina.
- Cortese 4,221 · U.S. census
- Cortesi 183 · U.S. census
- Corteville 159 · U.S. census
- Cortez 101,694 · U.S. census
- Corti 435 · U.S. census
- Cortijo 518 · U.S. census
- Cortopassi 435 · U.S. census
- Corvi 283 · U.S. census
- Corvo 373 · U.S. census
- Cos 440 · U.S. census
- Cosentino 4,312 · U.S. census
- Cosenza 1,860 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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