The Cordeiro surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,128 people carried this name — #8,016 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 71,400 people counted. That is up 7% from 3,853 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 791 people named Cordeiro 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
397 people named Cordeiro live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 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 212 people named Cordeiro.
Most of them — 131 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 34 départements, most often Paris.
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 print
Cordeiro in American newspapers,
1878–1958.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 573 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Cordeiro,
with a public archive behind them.
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Luciano Cordeiro 1844–1900 · writer -
Cristiano Cordeiro 1895–1987 · politician -
Cordeiro de Farias 1901–1981 · military personnel -
Manuel Cordeiro Vilaça 1913–1971 · physician -
Ray Cordeiro 1924–2023 · actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 101 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cordeiro.
- Corby 2,109 · U.S. census
- Corda 516 · U.S. census
- Cordani 268 · U.S. census
- Cordaro 1,202 · U.S. census
- Corde 159 · U.S. census
- Cordeau 188 · U.S. census
- Cordel 143 · U.S. census
- Cordero 30,158 · U.S. census
- Cordes 6,035 · U.S. census
- Cordier 785 · U.S. census
- Cordin 113 · U.S. census
- Cordoba 4,744 · U.S. census
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