How common is the surname Cordova?

45,305 people in the United States had the surname Cordova in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,815 Americans. It ranked 762nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Cordova?

France A. Córdova, American astrophysicist and university president (born 1947), followed by Jeanne Córdova.

Where is the surname Cordova most common?

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

Is the surname Cordova getting more or less common?

More common. 35,074 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 45,305 in 2010, up 29%.

The surname Cordova

A Spanish surname, carried by 45,305 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C631

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cordova is more common than 99.5% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Córdoba.

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 45,305 people named Cordova in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 6,815 Americans. That is up 29% since 2000, when the Census counted 35,074.

#762

rank among US surnames

45,305

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+29.2%

change since 2000 (was #903)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#753	Kemp	46,146	6,691
#754	Nolan	46,054	6,704
#755	McCullough	45,852	6,734
#756	Merritt	45,594	6,772
#757	Murillo	45,558	6,777
#758	Moon	45,528	6,781
#759	Salgado	45,469	6,790

Who is named Cordova

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

87% of people named Cordova identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 10% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 87%
White (not Hispanic) 10%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Two or more races 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Cordovas

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

France A. Córdova
American astrophysicist and university president (born 1947)
Jeanne Córdova
American writer (1948-2016)
Juan Córdova
Association football player, born 1995
Fred de Cordova
American stage, motion picture and television director and producer (1910-2001)
Nichole Marie Cordova
American singer, born 1988
Cléo
Brazilian association football player, born 1985
Reina del Cid
American singer-songwriter, born 1988

Notable Cordovas come mostly from the United States (5), Chile (1) and Brazil (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cordova

Córdoba

Cordova has the Soundex code C631, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C631.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Cordova come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Córdoba.
How common is the surname Cordova?: 45,305 people in the United States had the surname Cordova in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,815 Americans. It ranked 762nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cordova?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Cordova identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 10% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Cordova?: France A. Córdova, American astrophysicist and university president (born 1947), followed by Jeanne Córdova.
Where is the surname Cordova most common?: Wikidata records people named Cordova in the United States, Chile and Brazil.
Is the surname Cordova getting more or less common?: More common. 35,074 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 45,305 in 2010, up 29%.