# Cabell (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cabell/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,946 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,151 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 158,656 people |
| Change since 2000 | +14% (1,707 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cabell in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 54% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 37% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 4.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cabell in the United States.

## People named Cabell

- James Branch Cabell, American author (1879–1958)
- William H. Cabell, American politician (1772-1853)
- William Lewis Cabell, 14th, 16th and 20th mayor of Dallas (1827–1911)
- Earle Cabell, American politician (1906–1975)

## Similar surnames

Cable, Cabello, Cauble, Chappell, Cappello, Cappiello, Capel, Capell, Coppola, Coble, Copley, Chapple.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.