Cortes (surname)

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" and is related to the English Curtis, although the English form has become more widely used as a given name.

The surname has become more frequent among Romani people in Spain than among the general Spanish population.