# Cardoso (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cardoso/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 11,304 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,197 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 27,313 people |
| Change since 2000 | +54% (7,361 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cardoso in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 34% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 59% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 0.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cardoso in Brazil, Italy, Argentina and Angola.

## People named Cardoso

- Johnny Cardoso, American soccer player (born 2001)
- Germano Borovicz Cardoso Schweger, Brazilian association football player
- Laura Cardoso, Brazilian actress and voice actress (1927–2026)
- Ruth Cardoso, Brazilian anthropologist, 34th First Lady of Brazil (1930-2008)
- Rodolfo Esteban Cardoso, Argentine association football player
- Rômulo José Cardoso da Cruz, Brazilian footballer
- Angela Cardoso, Angolan basketball player (born 1979)
- Felippe Cardoso, Brazilian association football player
- Nathan Cardoso, Brazilian footballer
- Procópio Cardoso, Brazilian footballer
- Rafael Cardoso, Brazilian actor
- Lúcio Cardoso, Brazilian novelist, playwright, and poet (1913–1968)

and 7 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Cardoza, Cardozo, Cardosa, Curtis, Cortez, Cortes, Crutchfield, Craddock, Cartagena, Crites, Cordes, Crutcher.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.