How common is the surname Caddell?

3,818 people in the United States had the surname Caddell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 80,866 Americans. It ranked 8,617th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Caddell getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,877 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,818 in 2010, down 1.5%.

The surname Caddell

A Welsh surname, carried by 3,818 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C340

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Caddell is more common than 94.7% of them.

Origin

Welsh origin

From the Welsh personal name Cadell, which derives from the root of cad (“battle”).

One of 60 Welsh surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,818 people named Caddell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 80,866 Americans. That is down 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,877.

#8,617

rank among US surnames

3,818

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

-1.5%

change since 2000 (was #7,917)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,609	Borowski	3,821	80,802
#8,610	Felt	3,820	80,823
#8,611	Heng	3,819	80,845
#8,617	Marrone	3,818	80,866
#8,622	Hänsel	3,815	80,929
#8,623	Teller	3,814	80,951

Who is named Caddell

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

79% of people named Caddell identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 79%
Black (not Hispanic) 15%
Two or more races 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Caddell

Caddell has the Soundex code C340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C340.

Other Welsh surnames

All 60 Welsh surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Caddell come from?: From the Welsh personal name Cadell, which derives from the root of cad (“battle”).
How common is the surname Caddell?: 3,818 people in the United States had the surname Caddell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 80,866 Americans. It ranked 8,617th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Caddell?: In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Caddell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Caddell getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,877 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,818 in 2010, down 1.5%.