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    The surname Cadwell

    A surname, carried by 3,009 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C340

    Cadwell: #10,638 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cadwell #10,638, 3,009 people Cadwell: #10,638 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cadwell #10,638, 3,009 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cadwell is more common than 93.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,009 people named Cadwell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 102,607 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,956.

    #10,638
    rank among US surnames
    3,009
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.8%
    change since 2000 (was #10,059)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,631Kula3,012102,505
    #10,636Schermerhorn3,011102,539
    #10,638Pearlman3,009102,607
    #10,641Toups3,008102,641
    #10,644Mattes3,007102,676
    #10,645Rosso3,006102,710
    #10,647Kan3,005102,744

    Who is named Cadwell

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

    88% of people named Cadwell identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Cadwells

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Linda Lee Cadwell
      American teacher and the widow of martial arts master and actor Bruce Lee, born 1945

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cadwell

    Cadwell 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 Cadwell?
    3,009 people in the United States had the surname Cadwell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 102,607 Americans. It ranked 10,638th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cadwell?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Cadwell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Cadwell?
    Linda Lee Cadwell, American teacher and the widow of martial arts master and actor Bruce Lee.
    Where is the surname Cadwell most common?
    Wikidata records people named Cadwell in the United States.
    Is the surname Cadwell getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,956 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,009 in 2010, up 1.8%.