The Cordova surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 45,305 people carried this name — #762 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 6,510 people counted. That is up 29% from 35,074 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Cordova surname
A surname from placenames.
Variant of Córdoba.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Córdova» (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 4,077 people named Cordova 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
139 people named Cordova live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 88 people named Cordova.
43 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
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 the Nordic population registers
49 people named Cordova 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
Cordova in American newspapers,
1904–1957.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 215,630 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Cordova,
with a public archive behind them.
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Filippo Cordova 1811–1868 · politician -
Vincenzo Cordova Savini 1819–1897 · poet -
Vincenzo Cordova 1870–1943 · writer -
Franco Cordova 1944– · association football player -
Jeanne Córdova 1948–2016 · journalist -
Fred de Cordova 1910–2001 · television producer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 29 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cordova.
- Cordes 6,035 · U.S. census
- Cordier 785 · U.S. census
- Cordin 113 · U.S. census
- Cordoba 4,744 · U.S. census
- Cordon 2,912 · U.S. census
- Cordonnier 341 · U.S. census
- Cordray 2,098 · U.S. census
- Cordy 771 · U.S. census
- Core 3,810 · U.S. census
- Coric 189 · U.S. census
- Corino 266 · U.S. census
- Coriolan 329 · U.S. census
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