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The Cordero surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 30,158 people carried this name — #1,164 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 9,780 people counted. That is up 30% from 23,127 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Cordero surname

From Spanish Cordero, ancient surname originally used to refer to a shepherd.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Cordero» (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 12,211 people named Cordero 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.

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Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 4,777
Santiago del Estero 1,423
City of Buenos Aires 1,163
Córdoba 1,085
Mendoza 590
Catamarca 508
Santa Fe 452
Misiones 445

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 228 people named Cordero.

56 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 56
Bouches-du-Rhône 40
Alpes-Maritimes 34
Var 23
Haute-Garonne 8
Rhône 8
Paris 7
Loire 7
Moselle 4

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

184 people named Cordero live in Switzerland.

They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 49
Vaud 30
Geneva 25
Bern 12
Ticino 11
St. Gallen 11
Aargau 8
Neuchâtel 7

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

29 people named Cordero is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 29

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

Cordero in American newspapers,
1917.

Newspaper page from Bisbee Daily Review carrying the name Cordero
Bisbee Daily Review 1917-05-08
Newspaper page from Nogales Daily Herald carrying the name Cordero
Nogales Daily Herald 1917-05-10
Newspaper page from Bisbee Daily Review carrying the name Cordero
Bisbee Daily Review 1917-05-10

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 14,544 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Cordero,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Gil Cordero
    Gil Cordero 1299–1399
  • Mariano Cordero
    Mariano Cordero 1818–1899 · military personnel
  • Carmen Febres-Cordero de Ballén
    Carmen Febres-Cordero de Ballén 1829–1893 · writer
  • Luis Cordero Crespo
    Luis Cordero Crespo 1833–1912 · writer
  • José Cordero Soroa
    José Cordero Soroa 1880–1966 · Esperantist

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 139 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Cordero.

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