The Cardinali surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 307 people carried this name — #64,721 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is down 42% from 528 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,020 people named Cardinali 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 153 people named Cardinali.
56 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Paris.
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
48 people named Cardinali live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cardinali.
- Cardi 332 · U.S. census
- Cardia 102 · U.S. census
- Cardillo 3,015 · U.S. census
- Cardin 3,177 · U.S. census
- Cardinal 4,580 · U.S. census
- Cardinale 3,409 · U.S. census
- Cardine 253 · U.S. census
- Cardini 152 · U.S. census
- Cardo 397 · U.S. census
- Cardon 1,469 · U.S. census
- Cardona 32,727 · U.S. census
- Cardone 3,022 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Cardinali is.
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