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cardy Name Meaning and History

Cornish and English: habitational name from any of three places called Cardew, in the parishes of Trevalga and Warbstow, Cornwall, and in Cumbria. All are of Celtic origin, from cair, ker ‘fort’ + du ‘dark’, ‘black’.

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Distribution of cardy Families in the US in 1920
Number of cardy families
 9-15
 4-8
 1-3
 0
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