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The surname derived from the Old French corteis or curteis, meaning 'courteous' or 'polite', [1] and is related to the English Curtis. The surname has become more frequent among Romani people in Spain than among the general Spanish population. [2] Notable people surnamed either Cortes or Cortés include:
Family name affixes are a clue for surname etymology and can sometimes determine the ethnic origin of a person. This is a partial list of affixes. This is a partial list of affixes. Prefixes
Corte is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: Cesare Corte (1554–1613), Italian painter of the Renaissance period; Enrico Corte (born 1963), Italian contemporary artist; Frank Corte Jr., U.S. businessman and politician; Valerio Corte (1530 –1580), Italian painter and alchemist of the Renaissance
Cortese is a surname of Italian origin. Notable people with the surname are as follows: Anthony Cortese (born 1947), US environmental scientist; Bob Cortese (born 1943), US college football coach; Cristoforo Cortese (c. 1399 –1445), Venetian miniaturist and illuminator; Dan Cortese (born 1967), US actor
Pages in category "Surnames of Hindu origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 278 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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The origins of the Corte-Real family lie in the 14th century, when Vasco Anes da Costa, a Portuguese knight from Tavira, was one of the supporters of the pretensions of John Master of Aviz to the Portuguese throne and after him, his homonym son, who participated on the conquest of Ceuta, being one the first warriors to cross the wall of the moor city.
The form most used in the Arab world is the usage of both the patronymic and a family name, often using both the father's and paternal grandfathers given name in sequence after the own given name, and then the family name. In Iraq, for example, full names are formed by combining the given name of an individual with the given name of their ...