Cardiff Surname

184,261st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,303 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

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.

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Cardiff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,0351:350,20231,384
Canada5521:66,7497,716
Ireland3051:15,4391,735
England1391:400,84927,632
Australia1041:259,57423,725
New Zealand431:105,31013,865
Argentina401:1,068,58565,578
Scotland271:198,29010,618
Wales131:238,04114,239
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Northern Ireland41:461,25916,615
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
France21:33,211,361423,184
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1641:27,0112,857
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England521:468,75726,382
Scotland91:415,91311,811
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1541:326,09525,375

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.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(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.’

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A town in Glamorganshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

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.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cardiffe931/
Cardif9210/
Kardiff864/
Cardisf861/
Sardiff861/
Cordiff860/
Cardife860/
Cardeff860/
Saurdiff8074/
Kkardiff803/
Zardif772/
Sardif771/
Sordiff7140/
Chardib711/
Sourdiff6749/
Khardief671/
Charddib671/

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