Cardiff Surname
Approximately 2,303 people bear this surname
Cardiff Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Cardiff.'
William de Cardiff, canon of St. David's, 1291: History and Ant. St. David's.
William de Karhurdif, Herefordshire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp.
Read More About This SurnameCardiff Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,035 | 1:350,202 | 31,384 |
| Canada | 552 | 1:66,749 | 7,716 |
| Ireland | 305 | 1:15,439 | 1,735 |
| England | 139 | 1:400,849 | 27,632 |
| Australia | 104 | 1:259,574 | 23,725 |
| New Zealand | 43 | 1:105,310 | 13,865 |
| Argentina | 40 | 1:1,068,585 | 65,578 |
| Scotland | 27 | 1:198,290 | 10,618 |
| Wales | 13 | 1:238,041 | 14,239 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Northern Ireland | 4 | 1:461,259 | 16,615 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 164 | 1:27,011 | 2,857 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 52 | 1:468,757 | 26,382 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:415,913 | 11,811 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:784,208 | 16,349 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 154 | 1:326,095 | 25,375 |
Cardiff (119) may also be a first name.
Cardiff Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Cardiff.'
William de Cardiff, canon of St. David's, 1291: History and Ant. St. David's.
William de Karhurdif, Herefordshire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.
William de Kerdof, Wiltshire, ibid.
John Cardif, Southamptonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Henry Cardeyf, Southamptonshire, ibid.
Ralph Cardiff, of Woolfall, parish of Audlem, 1612: Wills at Chester.
1692. Married — John Cox and Mary Cardiffe: St. James, Clerkenwell.
1747. — Thomas Cardiffe and Elizabeth Baker: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.
(Celtic) belonging to Cardiff = the Fort of Didius [Welsh Caerdydd—caer, a fort] This name has also been explained as the ‘Fort on the (River) Taff.’
A town in Glamorganshire.
Cardiff Demographics
Average Male Cardiff Height
178.57 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Cardiff Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cardiff Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cardiff is most common in The United States. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Cardiff? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 184,261st most frequently held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 3,164,371 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 71 percent of Cardiff live; 69 percent live in North America and 69 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 856,040th most frequent given name in the world, borne by 119 people.
It is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 1,035 people, or 1 in 350,202. In The United States Cardiff is primarily concentrated in: California, where 21 percent live, Texas, where 11 percent live and Illinois, where 6 percent live. Beside The United States this surname exists in 34 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 24 percent live and Ireland, where 13 percent live.
Cardiff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Cardiff has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Cardiff last name increased 672 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 186 percent between 1901 and 2014; in England it increased 267 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 300 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 650 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Cardiff Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Catholic (96%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Cardiff last name are 14.44% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 61.21% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Cardiff earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 11.53% more than the national average, earning $48,122 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.92% less than the national average, earning $49,228 CAD per year.
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