Cardoso Surname
Approximately 1,321,654 people bear this surname
Cardoso Surname Definition:
One who came from Cardoso (place where thistles grew), in Spain.
Could be the adjectival form of "cardo" - thistle. Hence "the place of the thistles."
A Castilian name from Asturias de Santillana (Santander). One branch in Galicia.
Read More About This SurnameCardoso Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 921,343 | 1:232 | 35 |
| Angola | 129,752 | 1:208 | 37 |
| Mozambique | 81,574 | 1:334 | 53 |
| Portugal | 64,021 | 1:163 | 28 |
| Mexico | 20,882 | 1:5,944 | 736 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 15,844 | 1:109 | 36 |
| Argentina | 14,735 | 1:2,901 | 366 |
| Cuba | 14,053 | 1:820 | 136 |
| East Timor | 12,531 | 1:97 | 30 |
| United States | 8,611 | 1:42,093 | 5,176 |
| Colombia | 6,756 | 1:7,071 | 899 |
| France | 6,501 | 1:10,217 | 990 |
| Spain | 5,303 | 1:8,816 | 1,048 |
| Cape Verde | 3,900 | 1:136 | 37 |
| Uruguay | 1,991 | 1:1,724 | 216 |
| Ecuador | 1,668 | 1:9,536 | 1,544 |
| Canada | 1,177 | 1:31,305 | 4,078 |
| Peru | 1,099 | 1:28,921 | 3,004 |
| England | 1,005 | 1:55,441 | 6,733 |
| India | 996 | 1:770,146 | 34,907 |
| Indonesia | 801 | 1:165,105 | 16,044 |
| Switzerland | 793 | 1:10,357 | 1,701 |
| South Africa | 634 | 1:85,454 | 10,516 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 538 | 1:330 | 69 |
| Bolivia | 468 | 1:22,685 | 1,758 |
| Germany | 367 | 1:219,361 | 24,670 |
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Belgium | 321 | 1:35,815 | 5,837 |
| Paraguay | 315 | 1:22,974 | 882 |
| Venezuela | 307 | 1:98,385 | 3,648 |
| Luxembourg | 300 | 1:1,935 | 209 |
| Philippines | 267 | 1:379,169 | 49,596 |
| Nigeria | 252 | 1:702,947 | 32,409 |
| Thailand | 246 | 1:287,148 | 49,432 |
| Australia | 214 | 1:126,148 | 13,799 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Chile | 176 | 1:100,094 | 3,769 |
| Italy | 176 | 1:347,481 | 41,349 |
| Netherlands | 168 | 1:100,519 | 16,312 |
| Dominican Republic | 116 | 1:89,939 | 4,002 |
| Suriname | 115 | 1:4,805 | 1,070 |
| Andorra | 104 | 1:806 | 131 |
| Zambia | 64 | 1:247,655 | 15,017 |
| Norway | 52 | 1:98,890 | 13,481 |
| Ireland | 49 | 1:96,101 | 5,242 |
| Senegal | 33 | 1:441,798 | 2,028 |
| Qatar | 31 | 1:76,064 | 7,685 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Namibia | 26 | 1:92,669 | 8,353 |
| Costa Rica | 24 | 1:199,170 | 2,552 |
| Russia | 24 | 1:6,005,127 | 248,576 |
| Bermuda | 22 | 1:2,967 | 463 |
| Denmark | 21 | 1:268,796 | 20,394 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Sweden | 19 | 1:518,250 | 37,550 |
| New Zealand | 18 | 1:251,574 | 23,165 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Scotland | 16 | 1:334,614 | 15,044 |
| China | 15 | 1:91,154,771 | 4,767 |
| Finland | 15 | 1:366,447 | 25,366 |
| Israel | 15 | 1:570,509 | 41,023 |
| Macau | 14 | 1:42,974 | 357 |
| Northern Ireland | 11 | 1:167,731 | 8,683 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Panama | 10 | 1:391,226 | 8,067 |
| Aruba | 9 | 1:11,497 | 1,511 |
| Czechia | 9 | 1:1,181,497 | 85,740 |
| Japan | 8 | 1:15,980,537 | 47,042 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Guatemala | 7 | 1:2,297,524 | 6,613 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Burkina Faso | 4 | 1:4,588,025 | 21,573 |
| French Polynesia | 4 | 1:70,201 | 4,444 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Saint Barthelemy | 1 | 1:9,614 | 134 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Cardôso (5), Cardöso (1), Cárdoso (1) & Càrdoso (1) are calculated separately.
Cardoso (23,088) may also be a first name.
Cardoso Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
One who came from Cardoso (place where thistles grew), in Spain.
Could be the adjectival form of "cardo" - thistle. Hence "the place of the thistles."
A Castilian name from Asturias de Santillana (Santander). One branch in Galicia.
See Cardona.
(Spanish, Portugese) One who came from Cardoso (place where thistles grew), in Spain.
User-submitted Reference
Cardoso surname is a Spanish origin surname that originated from a Spanish noble family that relocated to Portugal.
They were given land by the king surrounded by fields of thistles (which in Portuguese are called "Cardos") and that is how the surname first came to be.
- haguchanThis surname comes from cardo, which means 'thistle' in Portuguese. Since the presence of this surname in The Philippines is very low, we can assume that this a Portuguese surname, not Spanish.
- rik0Cardozo originates from the surname "Cardoso". It comes from the old Portuguese and it means "a field full of thistles".
- gabev2310Cardoso Demographics
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Cardoso Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cardoso Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cardoso (Marathi: कारडोसो) is held by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can be found as: Cardôso, Cardöso, Cárdoso or Càrdoso. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Cardoso? popularity and diffusion
Cardoso is the 386th most frequently held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 5,514 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Cardoso live; 72 percent live in South America and 70 percent live in Luso-South America. It is also the 33,925th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, held by 23,088 people.
It is most widely held in Brazil, where it is borne by 921,343 people, or 1 in 232. In Brazil it is mostly concentrated in: São Paulo, where 21 percent are found, Minas Gerais, where 11 percent are found and Bahia, where 8 percent are found. Beside Brazil Cardoso is found in 124 countries. It also occurs in Angola, where 10 percent are found and Mozambique, where 6 percent are found.
Cardoso Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Cardoso has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Cardoso last name grew 215,275 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Cardoso Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Cardoso surname are 43.17% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 96.4% registered with the political party.
The amount Cardoso earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 71.61% less than the national average, earning €8,526 per year; in Norway they earn 0.58% more than the national average, earning 348,085 kr per year; in Peru they earn 34.83% more than the national average, earning S/. 26,136 per year; in South Africa they earn 72.8% more than the national average, earning R 410,640 per year; in Colombia they earn 1.45% less than the national average, earning $22,373,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 6.08% less than the national average, earning $40,526 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.51% more than the national average, earning $52,422 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cardoso Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cardoso in the Marathi language | ||
| कारडोसो | karadoso | 61.54 |
| कारडोस | karadosa | 30.77 |
| कारदोसो | karadoso | 7.69 |
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