How common is the surname Cardenas?

77,652 people in the United States had the surname Cardenas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,976 Americans. It ranked 418th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Cardenas?

Lázaro Cárdenas, 51st President of Mexico, followed by Steve Cardenas.

Where is the surname Cardenas most common?

Wikidata records people named Cardenas in the United States, Mexico and Argentina and 1 other country.

How do you pronounce Cardenas?

Cardenas is /ˈkɑɹdeɪnɑs/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Cardenas getting more or less common?

More common. 56,618 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 77,652 in 2010, up 37%.

The surname Cardenas

A Spanish surname, carried by 77,652 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkɑɹdeɪnɑs/ 3 syllables Soundex C635

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cardenas is more common than 99.7% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

From Spanish Cárdenas.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 77,652 people named Cardenas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 3,976 Americans. That is up 37% since 2000, when the Census counted 56,618.

#418

rank among US surnames

77,652

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+37.2%

change since 2000 (was #529)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#409	Dennis	78,482	3,934
#410	Robbins	78,381	3,939
#411	Liu	78,370	3,940
#412	Ramsey	78,350	3,941
#413	Francis	78,327	3,942
#414	Griffith	78,260	3,945
#415	Paul	78,256	3,945

Who is named Cardenas

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Cardenas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.6% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
White (not Hispanic) 4.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
Two or more races 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Cardenass

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lázaro Cárdenas
51st President of Mexico, 1895–1970
Steve Cardenas
American martial artist, born 1974
Tony Cárdenas
American politician, born 1963
Juan Carlos Cárdenas
Argentine footballer and manager (1945-2022)
Martín Cárdenas
Bolivian botanist (1899-1973)

Notable Cardenass come mostly from the United States (2), Mexico (1) and Argentina (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cardenas

Cardenas has the Soundex code C635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C635.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Cardenas come from?: From Spanish Cárdenas.
How common is the surname Cardenas?: 77,652 people in the United States had the surname Cardenas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,976 Americans. It ranked 418th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cardenas?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Cardenas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.6% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Cardenas?: Lázaro Cárdenas, 51st President of Mexico, followed by Steve Cardenas.
Where is the surname Cardenas most common?: Wikidata records people named Cardenas in the United States, Mexico and Argentina and 1 other country.
How do you pronounce Cardenas?: Cardenas is /ˈkɑɹdeɪnɑs/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Cardenas getting more or less common?: More common. 56,618 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 77,652 in 2010, up 37%.