as a Last Name
- 55,185
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Cardenas
Meaning & Origins
Spanish (Cárdenas): habitational name from places in the provinces of Almería and Logroño named Cárdenas, from the feminine plural of cárdeno ‘blue’, ‘bluish purple’ (Late Latin cardinus, from carduus ‘thistle’). Presumably the noun tierras ‘lands’ is to be understood, and the reference is to land covered with bluish plants, such as thistles or vines.
| 619th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 55,185
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Texas
- has the most people named Cardenas per capita
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