Corte Surname Guide

A Corte ancestor may well appear as Corti in earlier records. Read literally, Corte points to “At the court / farmyard”.

Arms associated with the name

Looking for a Corte coat of arms? Arms were granted to families, not to surnames, and our research shows which heraldic tradition fits yours.

Spelling and variants

The change of ending between Corti and Corte reflects the Italian habit of naming a family in the plural or the singular. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

Spanish statistics put 790 people with Corte in first position and 717 in second. According to the 2010 US Census, the Corte surname had 747 bearers. Hispanic and Latino Americans made up 44% of the total. For the full story, order the Corte surname pack.