The Court surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,530 people carried this name — #12,289 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 116,300 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (2,525).
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,147 people named Court.
38 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 80 départements, most often Loire.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
127 people named Court live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 46 people named Court 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 Entre Ríos.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Court in American newspapers,
1848–1930.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 11,803,819 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Court,
with a public archive behind them.
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Guillaume Court 1350–1361 · Catholic priest -
Antoine Court de Gébelin 1728–1784 · writer -
Jean Court II d. 1583 · goldsmith
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Eleanor Jane Gillman d. 1936
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Elizabeth Harriette Court d. 1956
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John Court 1544–1599 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Court.
- Courier 346 · U.S. census
- Courrege 108 · U.S. census
- Courrier 189 · U.S. census
- Course 388 · U.S. census
- Coursin 113 · U.S. census
- Courson 3,244 · U.S. census
- Courtade 443 · U.S. census
- Courteau 484 · U.S. census
- Courteaux 159 · U.S. census
- Courtemanche 1,654 · U.S. census
- Courtier 347 · U.S. census
- Courtin 112 · U.S. census
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