Cortner

English

Etymology

Perhaps a variant of Cartner or an Americanized spelling of German Kortner.

Proper noun

Cortner (countable and uncountable, plural Cortners)

1. A surname from German.
2. An unincorporated community in Bedford County, Tennessee, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cortner is the 38389^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 577 individuals. Cortner is most common among White (83.19%) and Black/African American (11.96%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cortner”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 371.