Cortina Family History
Cortina Name Meaning
Spanish, Catalan, Asturian-Leonese, Galician
(Cortiña), and Italian: from a diminutive of
Corte. In Spain the precise meaning of the term varies from
language to language: in Catalonia it denotes a farmyard, in Asturies
an unfenced field, and in Galicia cortiña means ‘vegetable
garden’. In Asturies the name can also be habitational, from any of
numerous minor places named with this word, as for example La Cortina.Italian: from a feminine diminutive of corto
‘small’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Cortina
Name Distribution of Cortina Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Cortina families
 3 - 2  2 - 2 |
 1  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Cortina last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Cortina census records
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Cortina Family Origin
Cortina Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Cortina Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Cortina census records
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Military Service by Cortina
Message Board about Cortina
5 Threads, 5
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Cortina.
Threads: 5 - Messages: 5
| Thread | Author | Replies | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CORTINA Tirso and Norma A | | t42MountOlivet | 0 |
| Ramiro Cortina obituary, Tampa FL, 1970 |  | MaryH5577 | 0 |
| Vigil Cortina | | ABaquedano | 0 |
| Cortina | | 0 | |
| The Cornay Family | | 0 |
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