Cardosa

English

Alternative forms

• Cardoza

Etymology

• As a Galician and Portuguese surname, from Cardosa, variant of Cardoza.
• As an Italian surname, from the noun cardo (“thistle”).

Proper noun

Cardosa (plural Cardosas)

1. A surname from Spanish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cardosa is the 25989^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 944 individuals. Cardosa is most common among Hispanic/Latino (67.8%) and White (27.33%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cardosa”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 288.

Anagrams

• roscada