Cortez

From Spanish Cortez, variant of Cortés.

Cortez (countable and uncountable, plural Cortezs or Cortezes)

1. A surname from Spanish.
2. A city, the county seat of Montezuma County, Colorado, United States.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cortez is the 310^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 101,694 individuals. Cortez is most common among Hispanic/Latino (89.65%) individuals.

From Spanish, variant of Cortés.

• Hyphenation: Cor‧tez

Cortez

1. a surname from Spanish

Borrowed from Spanish, variant of Cortés.

Cortez

1. a surname from Spanish

• IPA^(key): /koɾˈteθ/ [koɾˈt̪eθ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /koɾˈtes/ [koɾˈt̪es] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eθ (Spain)
• Rhymes: -es (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: Cor‧tez

Cortez m or f by sense

1. a surname, variant of Cortés

Borrowed from Spanish Cortez, variant of Cortés, from cortés (“polite”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /koɾˈtes/ [koɾˈt̪ɛs]
• Rhymes: -es
• Syllabification: Cor‧tez

Cortéz (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇ᜔ᜆᜒᜐ᜔)

1. a surname from Spanish

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Cortez is the 30th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 123,864 individuals.