Cortes (surname)
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Cortés (Castilian, Galician, Valencian), Cortês (Portuguese), Cortès (Catalan) is a surname of Spanish and Portuguese origin, respectively. The surname derived from the Old French corteis or curteis, meaning 'courteous' or 'polite',[1] and is related to the English Curtis.
The surname has become more frequent among Romani people in Spain than among the general Spanish population.[2]
Notable people surnamed either Cortes or Cortés include: