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Kort Name Meaning
Dutch: nickname for a short person, from Dutch kort
‘short’.German: from a pet form of the personal name
Konrad.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational
name for a weaver or cloth dealer, from Polish or Yiddish kort
‘cord’.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): nickname for a gambler, from
Yiddish kort ‘card’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Kort Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Kort families
 13 - 23  5 - 12 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Kort families
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4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Kort families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Kort census records
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Kort Family Origin
Kort Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Kort
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Kort Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Kort census records
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