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The Zordan surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 175 people carried this name — #102,688 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is up 1% from 173 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Zordan surname

A surname from Venetan.

Borrowed from Venetan Zordan, the local variant of the personal name Giordano (“Jordan”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Zordan» (Italian), 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 417 people named Zordan 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 Córdoba.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Córdoba 148
Santa Fe 106
Buenos Aires Province 73
Entre Ríos 63
City of Buenos Aires 27

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 159 people named Zordan.

58 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Moselle.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 58
Moselle 19
Haute-Garonne 16
Gers 9
Paris 6
Haut-Rhin 6
Lot-et-Garonne 5
Yvelines 4
Meurthe-et-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

54 people named Zordan live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 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

Vaud 15
Zurich 12
Ticino 11
Schaffhausen 10
Geneva 3
Thurgau 3

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.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Zordan is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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