Cardoso Surname

386th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,321,654 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
East Timor

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.

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Cardoso Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil921,3431:23235
Angola129,7521:20837
Mozambique81,5741:33453
Portugal64,0211:16328
Mexico20,8821:5,944736
Guinea-Bissau15,8441:10936
Argentina14,7351:2,901366
Cuba14,0531:820136
East Timor12,5311:9730
United States8,6111:42,0935,176
Colombia6,7561:7,071899
France6,5011:10,217990
Spain5,3031:8,8161,048
Cape Verde3,9001:13637
Uruguay1,9911:1,724216
Ecuador1,6681:9,5361,544
Canada1,1771:31,3054,078
Peru1,0991:28,9213,004
England1,0051:55,4416,733
India9961:770,14634,907
Indonesia8011:165,10516,044
Switzerland7931:10,3571,701
South Africa6341:85,45410,516
São Tomé and Príncipe5381:33069
Bolivia4681:22,6851,758
Germany3671:219,36124,670
Ghana3461:78,0947,799
Belgium3211:35,8155,837
Paraguay3151:22,974882
Venezuela3071:98,3853,648
Luxembourg3001:1,935209
Philippines2671:379,16949,596
Nigeria2521:702,94732,409
Thailand2461:287,14849,432
Australia2141:126,14813,799
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
Chile1761:100,0943,769
Italy1761:347,48141,349
Netherlands1681:100,51916,312
Dominican Republic1161:89,9394,002
Suriname1151:4,8051,070
Andorra1041:806131
Zambia641:247,65515,017
Norway521:98,89013,481
Ireland491:96,1015,242
Senegal331:441,7982,028
Qatar311:76,0647,685
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Namibia261:92,6698,353
Costa Rica241:199,1702,552
Russia241:6,005,127248,576
Bermuda221:2,967463
Denmark211:268,79620,394
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Sweden191:518,25037,550
New Zealand181:251,57423,165
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Scotland161:334,61415,044
China151:91,154,7714,767
Finland151:366,44725,366
Israel151:570,50941,023
Macau141:42,974357
Northern Ireland111:167,7318,683
Malaysia111:2,681,293102,971
Panama101:391,2268,067
Aruba91:11,4971,511
Czechia91:1,181,49785,740
Japan81:15,980,53747,042
Zimbabwe81:1,929,78092,581
Guatemala71:2,297,5246,613
Greece51:2,215,95891,893
Jersey51:19,8403,614
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Burkina Faso41:4,588,02521,573
French Polynesia41:70,2014,444
Malta41:107,5681,849
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Ivory Coast31:7,690,41157,263
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Congo21:2,494,54828,763
Haiti21:5,341,95421,336
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Belize11:355,4743,977
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Dominica11:75,891912
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Saint Barthelemy11:9,614134
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

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 Surnames In The Southwestern United States (1978) by Richard Donovon Woods

(Spanish, Portugese) One who came from Cardoso (place where thistles grew), in Spain.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

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.

- haguchan

This 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.

- rik0

Cardozo originates from the surname "Cardoso". It comes from the old Portuguese and it means "a field full of thistles".

- gabev2310

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

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Cardoso in the Marathi language
कारडोसोkaradoso61.54
कारडोसkaradosa30.77
कारदोसोkaradoso7.69

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