# Cordova (surname)

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

A surname from Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 45,305 |
| US rank (2010) | 762 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 6,815 people |
| Change since 2000 | +29% (35,074 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Córdoba.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cordova 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) | 10% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 87% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 0.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cordova in the United States, Chile and Brazil.

## People named Cordova

- France A. Córdova, American astrophysicist and university president (born 1947)
- Jeanne Córdova, American writer (1948-2016)
- Juan Córdova, association football player
- Fred de Cordova, American stage, motion picture and television director and producer (1910-2001)
- Nichole Marie Cordova, American singer
- Cléo, Brazilian association football player
- Reina del Cid, American singer-songwriter

## Similar surnames

Córdoba, Crudup.

## 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.