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The Cardinal surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,580 people carried this name — #7,275 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 64,500 people counted. That is up 5% from 4,367 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Cardinal surname

From Canadian French Cardinal, from French cardinal, from Latin cardinālis.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Cardinal» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,015 people named Cardinal.

34 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 69 départements, most often Finistère.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 34
Finistère 213
Haute-Vienne 72
Ardèche 71
Paris 61
Ille-et-Vilaine 57
Côtes-d’Armor 54
Charente-Maritime 44
Nord 32

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 249 people named Cardinal 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.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Hainaut 237
Brussels-Capital 7
Liège 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 161 people named Cardinal 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.

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Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 73
Santa Fe 44
City of Buenos Aires 27
Córdoba 17

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Cardinal,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Peire Cardenal
    Peire Cardenal 1180–1278 · composer
  • Joseph Theodule Cardinal d. 1904 · lawyer
  • Elizabeth Cardinal 1741–1803
  • Pierre-Basile Cardinal de Cuzey 1776–1829
  • Joseph-Narcisse Cardinal 1808–1838 · politician
  • Georg Cardinal von Widdern 1841–1920 · writer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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