Popularity of the last name by country

Australia

• Victoria (5,544)
• New South Wales (1,778)
• South Australia (1,040)
• Queensland (808)
• Tasmania (170)
• Western Australia (159)
• Northern Territory (4)

All countries

• United States (208,629)
• United Kingdom (206,857)
• Australia (9,568)
• Ireland (9,173)
• New Zealand (6,720)
• Canada (4,989)
• France (4,748)
• Unknown country (3,578)
• Germany (1,233)
• Italy (1,025)
• Switzerland (666)
• Netherlands (597)
• Belgium (358)
• India (239)
• Mexico (206)
• Spain (192)
• Colombia (182)
• Jamaica (144)
• China (142)
• Russian Federation (93)
• Peru (92)
• Greece (82)
• Cuba (79)
• Argentina (78)
• Portugal (77)
• Egypt (73)
• Paraguay (65)
• Turkey (64)
• South Africa (61)
• Lebanon (60)
• Indonesia (59)
• Panama (57)
• Sweden (57)
• Norway (53)
• Austria (52)
• Syrian Arab Republic (49)
• Malta (47)
• Japan (40)
• Poland (40)
• Brazil (38)

Origine of last name

CURTIS : English: nickname for a refined person sometimes perhaps given ironically from Middle English Old French courteis courtois curtis ‘courtly refined urbane’ (derivative of Old French court; see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Court">Court</a> 1).