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The Cardon surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,469 people carried this name — #18,703 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 200,000 people counted. That is up 8% from 1,354 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 3,958 people named Cardon.

36 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 76 départements, most often Nord.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 36
Nord 1,126
Pas-de-Calais 554
Somme 484
Paris 289
Seine-Maritime 249
Aisne 195
Oise 192
Eure 156

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 1,372 people named Cardon 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 East Flanders.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

East Flanders 468
Hainaut 418
West Flanders 274
Antwerp 55
Brussels-Capital 34
Flemish Brabant 34
Namur 34
Liège 32

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 344 people named Cardon 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 123
Santa Fe 113
Entre Ríos 75
City of Buenos Aires 22
San Luis 11

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

36 people named Cardon live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Vaud 12
St. Gallen 10
Geneva 5
Aargau 3
Fribourg 3
Zurich 3

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 Cardon,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Horace Cardon 1566–1641 · printer
  • Jacques Cardon 1566–1640 · printer
  • Joannes Cardon 1614–1656 · sculptor
  • Jean-Guillain Cardon 1732–1788 · composer
  • Antoine Cardon 1739–1822 · painter
  • Antoine Cardon 1739–1822 · painter

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

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