The Cardoso surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,304 people carried this name — #3,197 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 26,100 people counted. That is up 54% from 7,361 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Cardoso surname
A surname from Portuguese.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Cardoso» (Spanish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 15,279 people named Cardoso 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
3,084 people named Cardoso live in Switzerland.
They live in 25 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 604 people named Cardoso.
Most of them — 330 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 60 départements, most often Paris.
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 the Nordic population registers
29 people named Cardoso 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
Cardoso in American newspapers,
1872–1960.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,352 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Cardoso,
with a public archive behind them.
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António Dias Cardoso 1600–1670 · military personnel -
Inácio do Nascimento de Morais Cardoso 1811–1883 · Catholic priest -
Augusto César Cardoso de Carvalho 1836–1905 · military personnel -
Joaquim Cardoso Pereira de Melo 1837–1906 · politician -
António Maria Cardoso 1849–1900 · military personnel
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 198 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cardoso.
- 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
- Cardoni 297 · U.S. census
- Cardot 225 · U.S. census
- Carducci 624 · U.S. census
- Care 726 · U.S. census
- Carel 522 · U.S. census
- Carels 100 · U.S. census
- Caretti 225 · U.S. census
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