Court is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, France, England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Court
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Ireland, France, England
Meaning:

The Court is a form of Courtier. In French means A ship-broker; probably a recent importation from France.

Surname is the variant form of Cort. Probably the Old Norse kortr, short.

Court is a variant of the Acourt. See Court - From residence at a court or manor house. At-Court, A'Court, Court. A branch of the great Sussex family of Covert corrupted their name to Couert and Court.

The short.

The surname is a variant of A'Court. anciently , att Court, i.e., At Court.

From residence at a court or manor house. At-Court, A'Court, Court. A branch of the great Sussex family of Covert corrupted their name to Couert and Court.

Court is form of Covert. Coverts, says Nelson, "are those woods which are thickets, and full of trees touching one another a covering or hiding-place for deer." Laws of Game. The great Surrey and Sussex family of Covert, whose contiguous manors are said to have extended from Southwark to the English Channel, traced their pedigree to temp. Henry II.

How popular is Court?

Court is common in England, France, United States, Australia, Pakistan, Canada, Nigeria, Wales, New Zealand, Ghana, South Africa, Chile, Scotland, Switzerland, Argentina.

Court is ranked 20854 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Court bearers increased by 0.2 per cent in 2010 US census to 2530 since 2000, the surname slipped by 843 spots and ranked at 12289. The last name was found in around 9 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 90.83 90.89
Hispanic or Latino 4.62 4.83
Black 2.17 2.3
Others 1.34 1.35
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.59 0.36
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.43 0.28
Court is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Wales is ahead in terms of density. Around 26187 people have been found who wears Court as their family name. Court is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Court:
1,181 England6,946
1,581 France4,398
11,684 United States3,404
1,507 Australia2,658
2,736 Pakistan2,292
2,872 Canada1,769
10,538 Nigeria1,042
Countries with hundreds of Court:
484 Wales696
1,371 New Zealand563
6,785 Ghana416
18,270 South Africa332
2,927 Chile247
3,168 Scotland172
6,559 Switzerland167
30,168 Argentina109
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,438 Cuba87
204,613 India70
78,034 Germany67
32,252 Netherlands67
3,065 Northern Ireland64
4,569 Ireland63
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
36,393 Spain49
2,614 Sudan49
16,012 Peru48
63,826 Iran46
145,792 Brazil36
13,981 Venezuela34
11,611 Singapore21
54,956 Belgium19
1,289 Malta18
14,535 Ecuador16
5,142 China14
375,884 Thailand13
110,230 Italy11
83,447 Papua New Guinea11
76,064 Zimbabwe11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
43,480 Mexico10
3,042 Puerto Rico9
36,884 United Arab Emirates9
26,217 Estonia8
43,211 Denmark7
4,985 Hong Kong7
170,578 Malaysia6
55,922 Qatar6
493,300 Russia6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Rob. Court worked as workman and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 34 years old embarked for USA from Bristol on Elizabeth and arrived on April 28, 1849. 26 years old Edward Court, Hannah Court (23) Immigrant, 20 years old Robert Court, Eliza Court (18) Immigrant, Immigrant William Court, 35 years old Jas. Court, Mrs Court (50) , 12 years old Jas. Court, and 6 other Court mainly workman migrated to US from Unknown, Liverpool and London.

From Italy

Charles Court was 42 years old when he migrated to New York on February 2, 1885. He lived in Italy where he worked as laborer and took Chateau Margaux from Bordeaux.

From Germany

31 years old farmer Louis Court who was residing in Bavaria migrated to USA on September 27, 1850 by Baltimore put out from Havre. Nicolas Court, aged 17, Eugene Court, aged 23, 22 years old Victoire Court, Louis Court, aged 31, 23 years old J. Court, Peter Court (23) Farmer, Anna Court, Farmer Anna Court, Wilhelm Court, aged 21, and 30 other Court around 33.33% of whom were farmer while others worked as laborer and servant migrated to US from Havre, Bremen, Liverpool and Bremen & Bremerhaven.

Court Namesakes

  • Claude Auguste Court, French soldier and mercenary
  • Janet Holmes à Court, Australian businesswoman, philanthropist
  • Antoine Court, French reformer called the "Restorer of Protestantism
  • Luc Court, Société des Anc
  • Pieter de la Court, Dutch economist and businessman
  • Clova Court, retired English athlete
  • Guillaume Court, French Cistercian theologian and Cardinal
  • Margaret Court, retired Australian tennis player and former world No. 1
  • Richard Court, Australian diplomat and former politician
  • Charles Court, Western Australian politician
  • Alyson Court, Canadian actress and voice actress
  • Jason Court, American actor, voice actor, and winemaker
  • Hazel Court, English actress best known for her roles
  • Robert Holmes à Court, South African-born Australian entrepreneur
  • Tom Court, retired rugby union footballer
  • Peter Holmes à Court, Australian businessman
  • William Ashe-à Court, senior British Army officer and a Member of Parliament
  • Jon Court, American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing

Court Namesakes

  • Claude Auguste Court, French soldier and mercenary
  • Janet Holmes à Court, Australian businesswoman, philanthropist
  • Antoine Court, French reformer called the "Restorer of Protestantism
  • Luc Court, Société des Anc
  • Pieter de la Court, Dutch economist and businessman
  • Clova Court, retired English athlete
  • Guillaume Court, French Cistercian theologian and Cardinal
  • Margaret Court, retired Australian tennis player and former world No. 1
  • Richard Court, Australian diplomat and former politician
  • Charles Court, Western Australian politician
  • Alyson Court, Canadian actress and voice actress
  • Jason Court, American actor, voice actor, and winemaker
  • Hazel Court, English actress best known for her roles
  • Robert Holmes à Court, South African-born Australian entrepreneur
  • Tom Court, retired rugby union footballer
  • Peter Holmes à Court, Australian businessman
  • William Ashe-à Court, senior British Army officer and a Member of Parliament
  • Jon Court, American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing

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