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    The surname Cadell

    A surname, carried by 207 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C340

    Cadell: #89,403 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Cadell #89,403, 207 people Cadell: #89,403 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Cadell #89,403, 207 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cadell is more common than 44.9% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 207 people named Cadell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 1,491,524 Americans. That is down 27% since 2000, when the Census counted 283.

    #89,403
    rank among US surnames
    207
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    -26.9%
    change since 2000 (was #65,492)

    Who is named Cadell

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

    69% of people named Cadell identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 69%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 21%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 5.3%
    • Two or more races 4.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Cadells

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jean Cadell
      British actress (1884-1967)
    • Simon Cadell
      British actor (1950-1996)
    • Selina Cadell
      British actress, born 1953
    • Hywel Dda
      10th-century Welsh king, 880–950

    Notable Cadells come mostly from the United Kingdom (2), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1) and Wales (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cadell

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Cadell?
    207 people in the United States had the surname Cadell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 1,491,524 Americans. It ranked 89,403rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cadell?
    In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Cadell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Cadell?
    Jean Cadell, British actress (1884-1967), followed by Simon Cadell.
    Where is the surname Cadell most common?
    Wikidata records people named Cadell in the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Wales.
    Is the surname Cadell getting more or less common?
    Less common. 283 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 207 in 2010, down 27%.