The Cardenas surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 56,618 people carried this name — #529 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 4,760 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
258 people named Cardenas live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 67 people named Cardenas.
Most of them — 35 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 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.
Who carried it
People named Cardenas,
with a public archive behind them.
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Maria de las Mercedes Santa Cruz y Cardenas de Jaruco 1789–1852 · writer -
Silvia Olivas 1901– · screenwriter -
Robert Cardenas 1920–2022 · military officer -
Al Cárdenas 1948– · lawyer -
Eliécer Cárdenas 1950–2021 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 65 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cardenas.
- Carbuccia 129 · U.S. census
- Carcone 164 · U.S. census
- Card 12,532 · U.S. census
- Carde 349 · U.S. census
- Cardella 1,514 · U.S. census
- Cardelli 353 · U.S. census
- Cardet 159 · U.S. census
- Cardey 106 · U.S. census
- Cardi 342 · U.S. census
- Cardia 126 · U.S. census
- Cardillo 3,023 · U.S. census
- Cardin 3,200 · U.S. census
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