The Cardona surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 32,727 people carried this name — #1,071 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 9,020 people counted. That is up 37% from 23,806 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 2,949 people named Cardona 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 786 people named Cardona.
Most of them — 460 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 43 départements, most often Essonne.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
177 people named Cardona live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 the Nordic population registers
22 people named Cardona is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Cardona in American newspapers,
1924–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 14,093 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Cardona,
with a public archive behind them.
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Enrique de Cardona y Enríquez 1485–1530 · Catholic priest -
Maria de Cardona 1509–1563 · poet -
Luigi Cardona 1827–1890 · historian -
Michele Cardona 1833–1909 · politician -
Jaime Cardona y Tur 1838–1923 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 215 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cardona.
- Cardinale 3,409 · U.S. census
- Cardinali 307 · U.S. census
- Cardine 253 · U.S. census
- Cardini 152 · U.S. census
- Cardo 397 · U.S. census
- Cardon 1,469 · 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
- Carducci 624 · U.S. census
- Care 726 · U.S. census
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