Cardillo is used as a family name or surname in Argentina. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Cardillo
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Argentina
Meaning: Although we find few mentions in Spain, the name is mostly from the south of Italy: Sicily (province of Catania), Campania (provinces of Naples and Caserta), Lazio (Provinces of Latina and Rome). He also won the Milan region and that of Marseille. It can be a diminutive of Riccardo (= Richard), but we will not forget that in several Southern dialects, the word "cardillu" means the goldfinch.

How popular is Cardillo?

Cardillo is common in Argentina.

Cardillo is ranked 28933 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Cardillos plummeted by 0.2646378 per cent to 3015 since 2000 and slipped by 757 spots and ranked at 10620. The last name was found in around 10 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92.8 94.84
Hispanic or Latino 5.41 3.74
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
0.93 0.53
Others 0.7 0.76
Cardillo is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Italy which signifies that it is originated from Italy. Around 17450 people have been found who wears Cardillo as their family name. Cardillo is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
103,755 Czech Republic5
7,683 Latvia3
40,064 Nigeria2
6,266 Luxembourg2
19,046 Ireland2
62,864 New Zealand1
2,877 Cuba1
56,169 Mexico1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
10,683 Cyprus1
24,771 Colombia1
10,958 Bangladesh1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
50,549 Georgia1
118,015 Netherlands1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
47,891 Norway1
53,505 Turkey1
11,510 Oman1
7,895 South Korea1
38,841 Scotland1
897,276 Russia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,255 Uruguay49
152,557 Indonesia47
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
47,891 England81
22,440 Belgium74
33,773 Spain69
Countries with hundreds of Cardillo:
6,122 Australia475
9,297 Canada432
30,822 Philippines387
3,073 Guatemala369
5,205 Venezuela326
38,477 Germany269
40,824 France245
6,960 Switzerland171
43,624 South Africa110
Countries with thousands of Cardillo:
1,073 Italy7,346
9,101 United States4,068
9,074 Brazil1,526
3,673 Argentina1,374
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Laborer A. Cardillo from Italy aboard the Bolivia from Naples. He is registered to be 26 years old when he arrived in New York on May 22, 1890. A. Cardillo (31) Laborer, 39 years old A.M. Cardillo, 23 years old Agostino Cardillo, Alessandro Cardillo (26) Farmer, 28 years old Alessandro Cardillo, Laborer Alessandro Cardillo, Farmer Alfredo Cardillo, Amato Cardillo (62) Farm servant, and 280 other Cardillo around 41.73% of whom were laborer while others worked as farmer and peasant, helper, mason, country woman, country man, porter, shoemaker, sailor, tailor, housewife, barber, carpenter, daughter migrated to US from Naples, Naples & Trieste and Gibraltar.

Cardillo Namesakes

  • Jillian Alyse Cardillo, Actress
  • Dom Cardillo, Politician
  • Egidio Cardillo, Actor
  • Jacqulyne Marie Cardillo, Actress
  • Salvatore Cardillo, Composer
  • Erin Cardillo, Actress
  • Erin Cardillo, Actress
  • Erin Cardillo, Actress

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