The Cardo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 397 people carried this name — #52,267 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted. That is up 5% from 378 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 674 people named Cardo 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 Córdoba.
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 70 people named Cardo.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 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
21 people named Cardo live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.
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 Cardo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Manolo Cardo 1940–2025 · association football coach
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Horacio Cardo 1944–2018 · illustrator
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Pierre Cardo 1949– · mayor
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Francesco Cardo 1951–
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Sergi Durbà 1979– · writer
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Sergi Durbà 1979– · writer
Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cardo.
- 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
- Cardon 1,469 · U.S. census
- Cardona 32,727 · U.S. census
- Cardone 3,022 · U.S. census
- Cardoni 297 · U.S. census
- Cardoso 11,304 · U.S. census
- Cardot 225 · U.S. census
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