The Cordaro surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,202 people carried this name — #21,672 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 243,900 people counted. That is up 9% from 1,102 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Cordaro surname
A surname originating as an occupation.
From cordaro, variant of cordaio (“rope-maker”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Cordaro» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 180 people named Cordaro 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 Hainaut.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 138 people named Cordaro.
Most of them — 114 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Gard.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 78 people named Cordaro 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
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 Cordaro live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cordaro.
- Corbi 283 · U.S. census
- Corbiere 229 · U.S. census
- Corbin 26,876 · U.S. census
- Corby 2,109 · U.S. census
- Corda 516 · U.S. census
- Cordani 268 · U.S. census
- Corde 159 · U.S. census
- Cordeau 188 · U.S. census
- Cordeiro 4,128 · U.S. census
- Cordel 143 · U.S. census
- Cordero 30,158 · U.S. census
- Cordes 6,035 · U.S. census
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