# Cantrell (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cantrell/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 35,266 |
| US rank (2010) | 988 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 8,755 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.7% (34,674 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Cantrall, Cantrelle, Cantrill |

## Etymology

Various origins: * Habitational surname from a minor place in Devon, from an unexplained first element + Old English hyll (“hill”). * From Old French chanterelle (“small bell, treble”), a metonymic occupational surname for a bellmaker or ringer. * A diminutive of Canter.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cantrell in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cantrell in the United States.

## People named Cantrell

- Jerry Cantrell, American guitarist and singer
- LaToya Cantrell, 62nd Mayor of New Orleans
- Laura Cantrell, American singer

## Similar surnames

Canter, Cantor, Canterbury, Cantero, Contreras, Cintron, Countryman, Chandra, Conder, Center, Centers, Condra.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.