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The surname Cardinale

An Italian surname, carried by 3,409 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex C635

Cardinale: #9,535 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cardinale #9,535, 3,409 people Cardinale: #9,535 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cardinale #9,535, 3,409 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cardinale is more common than 94.1% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Cardinale.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,409 people named Cardinale in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 90,568 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,035.

#9,535
rank among US surnames
3,409
people in 2010
1.2
per 100,000 Americans
+12.3%
change since 2000 (was #9,828)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#9,527Catania3,41290,488
#9,529Khang3,41190,515
#9,531Carle3,41090,541
#9,535Cardinale3,40990,568
#9,539Eddington3,40890,594
#9,544Harsh3,40790,621

Who is named Cardinale

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

93% of people named Cardinale identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 93%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.4%
  • Two or more races 1.1%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cardinales

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Igino Eugenio Cardinale
    Archbishop from Tunisia, apostolic nuncio to Belgium and Luxembourg, 1916–1983

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cardinale

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

Other Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Cardinale come from?
Borrowed from Italian Cardinale.
How common is the surname Cardinale?
3,409 people in the United States had the surname Cardinale in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,568 Americans. It ranked 9,535th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cardinale?
In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Cardinale identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Cardinale?
Igino Eugenio Cardinale, Archbishop from Tunisia, apostolic nuncio to Belgium and Luxembourg.
Where is the surname Cardinale most common?
Wikidata records people named Cardinale in the Kingdom of Italy.
Is the surname Cardinale getting more or less common?
More common. 3,035 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,409 in 2010, up 12%.