The Cardella surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,595 people carried this name — #17,613 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 185,200 people counted. That is up 5% from 1,514 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 359 people named Cardella 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 Buenos Aires Province.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 88 people named Cardella live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 82 people named Cardella.
26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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
20 people named Cardella live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
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.
Who carried it
People named Cardella,
with a public archive behind them.
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Salvatore Cardella 1896–1973 · architect -
Salvatore Cardella 1896–1973 · architect -
Lorenzo Cardella 1734–1822 · writer
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Michele Cardella 1845–1916 · Catholic priest
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Domenico Cardella 1850– · antiquarian
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Giuseppe Palumbo Cardella 1856–1942 · civil servant
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cardella.
- Carboni 746 · U.S. census
- Carbonneau 1,011 · U.S. census
- Carbuccia 173 · U.S. census
- Carcone 169 · U.S. census
- Card 9,742 · U.S. census
- Carde 350 · U.S. census
- Cardelli 305 · U.S. census
- Cardenas 77,652 · U.S. census
- Cardet 191 · U.S. census
- Cardey 116 · U.S. census
- Cardi 332 · U.S. census
- Cardia 102 · U.S. census
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