The Cadena surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,560 people carried this name — #3,117 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 25,500 people counted. That is up 27% from 9,123 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,573 people named Cadena live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Jujuy.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 72 people named Cadena.
17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Hérault.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
34 people named Cadena live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Cadena in American newspapers,
1880–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 20,451 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Cadena,
with a public archive behind them.
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Luis Cadena 1830–1889 · painter -
Teresa Cadena de Hessling 1924–1994 · historian -
José Onofre Antonio Cadena y Herrera 1800– · mathematician
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Ramón Cadena 1800–1900 · Catholic priest
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Javier Cadena 1901– · politician
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Carlos Cadena 1917–2001 · judge
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cadena.
- Caceres 12,269 · U.S. census
- Cachat 149 · U.S. census
- Cachia 149 · U.S. census
- Caci 239 · U.S. census
- Cade 8,391 · U.S. census
- Cadeau 345 · U.S. census
- Cadet 4,607 · U.S. census
- Cadez 106 · U.S. census
- Cadiere 139 · U.S. census
- Cadieu 101 · U.S. census
- Cadieux 1,264 · U.S. census
- Cado 105 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Cadena is.
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