Last Name CURTIS

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Meaning	Nickname: The courteous, one of country manners. A popular surname from the 13th century downwards. It was perfectly natural that a sobriquet of this complimentary character should be retained where possible. An abbreviation of 'courteous.' It may be from 'Curthose,' a name given for wearing short hose, as the name 'Curtmantle' was given to Henry the Second of England, from his introducing the fashion of wearing shorter mantles than had been previously used.

Origin	English, Jewish, Spanish, French, Greek, Irish, Falkland, Belgian, Zimbabwean, South african, Mauritian, Guam

Rank	280 (2000 US census)	270 (1990 US census)

Count	98,958 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

79.88%, or 79048 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
15.42%, or 15259 total occurrences, as black,
0.41%, or 406 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.07%, or 1059 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.56%, or 1544 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.67%, or 1653 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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