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    The surname Cadenhead

    A place surname, carried by 1,127 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C353

    Cadenhead: #22,733 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cadenhead #22,733, 1,127 people Cadenhead: #22,733 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cadenhead #22,733, 1,127 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cadenhead is more common than 86% of them.

    Origin

    Scottish habitational or topographic surname for someone who lived at the head of Caddon Water, a small river in the Scottish Borders.

    Cadenhead is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,127 people named Cadenhead in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 273,953 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,075.

    #22,733
    rank among US surnames
    1,127
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.8%
    change since 2000 (was #22,352)

    Who is named Cadenhead

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

    85% of people named Cadenhead identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
    • Two or more races 3.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Cadenhead come from?
    Scottish habitational or topographic surname for someone who lived at the head of Caddon Water, a small river in the Scottish Borders.
    How common is the surname Cadenhead?
    1,127 people in the United States had the surname Cadenhead in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 273,953 Americans. It ranked 22,733rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cadenhead?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Cadenhead identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Cadenhead?
    Cadenhead is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Cadenhead getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,075 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,127 in 2010, up 4.8%.