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The CADWELL surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 2,956 10059 0.001 11
United States (1880 census) 1,467 3918 0.003 29
Change since 1880 +1489 -6141 -0.002 -18
Other Countries
Australia 14 68682 0 1
United Kingdom 285 13160 0.001 6
Top States for CADWELL by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Michigan 309 3920 0.003 31
California 303 8867 0.001 9
Minnesota 215 3095 0.004 44
Florida 180 10265 0.001 11
New York 139 13700 0.001 7
Top States for CADWELL by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Vermont 39 2650 0.006 64
Minnesota 215 3095 0.004 44
South Dakota 28 4722 0.004 37
Michigan 309 3920 0.003 31
Montana 26 5464 0.003 29

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called CADWELL live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called CADWELL represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called CADWELL in Michigan than any other state, but you are more likely to find a CADWELL by picking someone at random in Vermont than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of CADWELL

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the CADWELL surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the CADWELL surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of CADWELL in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 178 6.02
Mixed Race 39 1.32
White (Hispanic) 37 1.25
Native American/Alaskan 23 0.78
Asian/Pacific 22 0.74
White (Caucasian) 2,657 89.88

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the CADWELL surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of CADWELL in historical publications

(origin: Local) A village in South Wales; written Cydwell.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


Similar names to CADWELL

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as CADWELL.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for CADWELL

The following words are slight variants of CADWELL that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.