The court Surname

court Name Meaning and History

English and French: topographic name from Middle English, Old French court(e), curt ‘court’ (Latin cohors, genitive cohortis, ‘yard’, ‘enclosure’). This word was used primarily with reference to the residence of the lord of a manor, and the surname is usually an occupational name for someone employed at a manorial court.
English: nickname from Old French, Middle English curt ‘short’, ‘small’ (Latin curtus ‘curtailed’, ‘truncated’, ‘cut short’, ‘broken off’).
Irish: reduced form of McCourt.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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court Family Facts

Distribution of court Families in the US in 1920

Number of court families

36-69

13-35

1-12

Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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The courts in Canada and California	rogerrobertcourt1	0
court family	Rosemary Ward	1
John Court md. Elizabeth May, Tiffin,Ohio	B.Whyler	4
John Court ?	joyce_malarkey	0
Repost.. COURT family/Redditch area....	vacourt2002	9
This IS my earlier family!	vacourt2002	0
LETITIA MAY COURT & WILLIAM HENRY COURT	SarahBurns87	0
YAY! I have located Alfred & Emma~	MissCourt	0
Alexander W Court	JohnCourt62	0
Court family in England	johncourt1	3

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