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Korda Surname Meaning

Hungarian, Polish, Czech, Croatian, Serbian, Slovak, and Jewish (from Poland): from korda ‘rope’ (from Latin corda ‘rope’) used as a nickname in various senses including as a metonymic occupational name for a monk with reference to the rope used by monks as belts. This surname is also found in Slovenia where it is a Slovenized form of Italian Corda. See also below.

Croatian and Serbian: from korda ‘sword, dagger’ used as a nickname or a metonymic occupational name. Czech: from a pet form of the personal name Kornel, an old vernacular form of Latin Cornelius.

Compare Corda Jewish (from Hungary): adoption of the name in 1 above either as a Hungarian calque of the formerly used German-based surname or because the Hungarian surname (or word) has some sounds in common with the original surname.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

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You can see how Korda families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Korda family name was found in the USA, Canada, and Scotland between 1871 and 1920. The most Korda families were found in USA in 1920. In 1871 there was 1 Korda family living in Fife. This was 100% of all the recorded Korda's in Scotland. Fife had the highest population of Korda families in 1871.

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What is the average Korda lifespan?

Between 1953 and 2004, in the United States, Korda life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1967, and highest in 1982. The average life expectancy for Korda in 1953 was 64, and 75 in 2004.

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