The Cardillo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,015 people carried this name — #10,620 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 98,000 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (3,023).
What the name means
The meaning of the Cardillo surname
A surname from Sicilian.
Traditionally derived from Sicilian cardillu (“goldfinch”), which can be found in the family's coat of arms, but more probably a reduced hypocoristic form of the personal name Riccardo.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Cardillo» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 832 people named Cardillo 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
177 people named Cardillo live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.
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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 73 people named Cardillo 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 Liège.
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 58 people named Cardillo.
Most of them — 39 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 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 print
Cardillo in American newspapers,
1919.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 697 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Cardillo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Rimer Cardillo 1944– · engraver -
Robert Cardillo 1961– · civil servant -
Francesco Cardillo d. 1607 · painter
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Salvatore Cardillo 1874–1947 · composer
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Salvatore Cardillo 1874–1947 · composer
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Dom Cardillo 1930–2013 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cardillo.
- 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
- Cardin 3,177 · U.S. census
- Cardinal 4,580 · U.S. census
- Cardinale 3,409 · U.S. census
- Cardinali 307 · U.S. census
- Cardine 253 · U.S. census
- Cardini 152 · U.S. census
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