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Carden Name Meaning

English:: from Middle English cardoun ‘thistle’ (a diminutive from Latin carduus) perhaps for someone involved in the carding of wool originally carried out with thistle and teasel heads or for a prickly and unapproachable person or for someone who lived by land overgrown with thistles. habitational name from Carden in Cheshire which is early recorded as Kawrdin or Cawardyn; it is probably named with Old English carr ‘rock’ + worthign ‘enclosure’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

Similar surnames: Cardon, Harden, Calder, Warden, Garden, Cardo, Marden, Camden, Carmen

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You can see how Carden families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Carden family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Carden families were found in USA in 1880. In 1911 there were 30 Carden families living in Quebec. This was about 41% of all the recorded Carden's in Canada. Quebec had the highest population of Carden families in 1911.

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There are 9,000 military records available for the last name Carden. For the veterans among your Carden ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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Between 1940 and 2004, in the United States, Carden life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1949, and highest in 2004. The average life expectancy for Carden in 1940 was 38, and 76 in 2004.

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