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    The surname Cantrell

    An English occupational surname, carried by 35,266 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C536

    Cantrell: #988 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Cantrell #988, 35,266 people Cantrell: #988 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cantrell #988, 35,266 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cantrell is more common than 99.4% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    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.

    Cantrell is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 35,266 people named Cantrell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 8,755 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 34,674.

    #988
    rank among US surnames
    35,266
    people in 2010
    12
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.7%
    change since 2000 (was #920)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #979Hinton35,6068,671
    #980Novak35,4618,707
    #981Good35,4468,710
    #982Madden35,4388,712
    #983Terrell35,4088,720
    #985Jarvis35,3508,734
    #986Dickson35,3128,743

    Who is named Cantrell

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

    90% of people named Cantrell identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • 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 Cantrells

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jerry Cantrell
      American guitarist and singer, born 1966
    • LaToya Cantrell
      62nd Mayor of New Orleans, born 1972
    • Laura Cantrell
      American singer, born 1967

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Cantrall
    • Cantrelle
    • Cantrill

    Surnames that sound like Cantrell

    Cantrell has the Soundex code C536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C536.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Cantrell come from?
    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.
    How common is the surname Cantrell?
    35,266 people in the United States had the surname Cantrell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,755 Americans. It ranked 988th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cantrell?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Cantrell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Cantrell?
    Jerry Cantrell, American guitarist and singer, followed by LaToya Cantrell.
    Where is the surname Cantrell most common?
    Wikidata records people named Cantrell in the United States.
    What type of surname is Cantrell?
    Cantrell is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Cantrell getting more or less common?
    More common. 34,674 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 35,266 in 2010, up 1.7%.
    What are other spellings of Cantrell?
    Cantrall, Cantrelle and Cantrill.