How common is the surname Cordeiro?

4,128 people in the United States had the surname Cordeiro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,793 Americans. It ranked 8,016th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Cordeiro?

In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Cordeiro identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Cordeiro?

Vasco Cordeiro, Azorean politician, followed by Edson Cordeiro.

Where is the surname Cordeiro most common?

Wikidata records people named Cordeiro in Brazil and Portugal.

Is the surname Cordeiro getting more or less common?

More common. 3,853 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,128 in 2010, up 7.1%.

The surname Cordeiro

A surname, carried by 4,128 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C636

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cordeiro is more common than 95.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,128 people named Cordeiro in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 74,793 Americans. That is up 7.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,853.

#8,016

rank among US surnames

4,128

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+7.1%

change since 2000 (was #7,966)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,010	Yousif	4,130	74,757
#8,013	Seeger	4,129	74,775
#8,016	Kaul	4,128	74,793
#8,019	Pawlak	4,127	74,811
#8,023	Markel	4,126	74,829

Who is named Cordeiro

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

84% of people named Cordeiro identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.4%
Two or more races 4.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cordeiros

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Vasco Cordeiro
Azorean politician, born 1973
Edson Cordeiro
Brazilian singer, born 1967
Leonardo Cordeiro
Brazilian racing driver, born 1989
Gabriel Pirani
Brazilian footballer, born 2002

Notable Cordeiros come mostly from Brazil (3) and Portugal (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cordeiro

Cordeiro has the Soundex code C636, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C636.

Questions

How common is the surname Cordeiro?: 4,128 people in the United States had the surname Cordeiro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,793 Americans. It ranked 8,016th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cordeiro?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Cordeiro identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Cordeiro?: Vasco Cordeiro, Azorean politician, followed by Edson Cordeiro.
Where is the surname Cordeiro most common?: Wikidata records people named Cordeiro in Brazil and Portugal.
Is the surname Cordeiro getting more or less common?: More common. 3,853 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,128 in 2010, up 7.1%.