How common is the surname Cadwallader?

1,895 people in the United States had the surname Cadwallader in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 162,926 Americans. It ranked 15,456th of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Cadwallader?

Cadwallader is /kædˈwɒl.ə.dər/, 4 syllables.

Is the surname Cadwallader getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,907 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,895 in 2010, down 0.6%.

Is Cadwallader also a first name?

Yes. Cadwallader is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Cadwallader

A Welsh surname, carried by 1,895 people in the United States.

Pronounced /kædˈwɒl.ə.dər/ 4 syllables Soundex C343

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cadwallader is more common than 90.5% of them.

Origin

Welsh origin

Borrowed from Welsh Cadwaladr.

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 1,895 people named Cadwallader in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 162,926 Americans. That is down 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,907.

#15,456

rank among US surnames

1,895

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-0.6%

change since 2000 (was #14,391)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,449	Ivester	1,896	162,840
#15,456	Cadwallader	1,895	162,926
#15,464	Belz	1,894	163,012

Who is named Cadwallader

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

95% of people named Cadwallader identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Cadwalladr

Cadwallader has the Soundex code C343, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C343.

Other Welsh surnames

All 60 Welsh surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Cadwallader come from?: Borrowed from Welsh Cadwaladr.
How common is the surname Cadwallader?: 1,895 people in the United States had the surname Cadwallader in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 162,926 Americans. It ranked 15,456th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cadwallader?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Cadwallader identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
How do you pronounce Cadwallader?: Cadwallader is /kædˈwɒl.ə.dər/, 4 syllables.
Is the surname Cadwallader getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,907 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,895 in 2010, down 0.6%.
What are other spellings of Cadwallader?: Cadwalladr.
Is Cadwallader also a first name?: Yes. Cadwallader is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.