The Cardoza surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,824 people carried this name — #2,812 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 23,000 people counted. That is up 24% from 10,335 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Cardoza surname

From the Portuguese surname, from several placenames derived from cardoso (“rich in thistles”), from cardo.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Cardoza» (English), 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 61 people named Cardoza 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.

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

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 38
City of Buenos Aires 23

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

In print

Cardoza in American newspapers,
1871–1906.

Newspaper page from The Camden Journal carrying the name Cardoza
The Camden Journal 1871-07-27
Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Herald carrying the name Cardoza
The Salt Lake Herald 1894-07-29
Newspaper page from The Denison Review carrying the name Cardoza
The Denison Review 1906-11-29

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Cardoza in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1960s.

147 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Cardoza. The most, 38, date from the 1860s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Queensland, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 57
Victoria 38
Queensland 31
South Australia 7
Tasmania 5
Western Australia 3

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Cardoza.

Who carried it

People named Cardoza,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Luis Cardoza y Aragón
    Luis Cardoza y Aragón 1904–1992 · writer
  • Victor Cardoza 1916–1987 · politician
  • Mervyn Cardoza 1922–2010

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Luis Cardoza y Aragón: Explo01, CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) · 14 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Cardoza,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States627 records

627 records of the Cardoza name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 280
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 179
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 76
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 69
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 10
  • Sacramento County historic burials 10
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record William L. Cardoza

    Born 1913 in Massachusetts. Enlisted 1941 at Malden; barber from Middlesex County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1989, buried at Massachusetts National Cemetery, Massachusetts.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Robert R. Cardoza

    Born 1931; from Hawaii. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1951 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jacob Cardoza

    Arrived at New York in 1895 aboard the La Champagne from Havre, aged 39; merchant. From Holland, the Netherlands.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 627 records for Cardoza in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Netherlands46 records

46 records of the Cardoza name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 45
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Philip Cardoza

    Born 1821 in Rotterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Isaac Jessurun Cardoza

    In the population register of Amsterdam; born 1819 in Amsterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Amsterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Sara Cardoza

    In the population register of Amsterdam; born 1831 in Amsterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Amsterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 46 records for Cardoza in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Australia4 records

4 records of the Cardoza name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 2
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 2
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record John Cardoza

    Laborer of Inglewood, Victoria; died 1928.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Joze Cardoza

    Died 1849 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 22.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record John S. Cardoza

    Of Inglewood, Victoria; died 1950.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Cardoza in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Cardoza name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Florence Elizabeth Cardoza

    Died 1959 in Digby, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Victor George Cardoza

    Married 1945 in Bridgetown, Annapolis, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record George Charles Cardoza

    Died 1967 in Digby, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Cardoza name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. Cardoza

    Lsh Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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Surnames next to Cardoza.

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