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    The surname Cantwell

    A place surname, carried by 6,635 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈkæntwəl/ 2 syllables Soundex C534

    Cantwell: #5,259 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cantwell #5,259, 6,635 people Cantwell: #5,259 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cantwell #5,259, 6,635 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cantwell is more common than 96.8% of them.

    Origin

    Perhaps a variant of Canwell, a habitational surname.

    Cantwell 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 6,635 people named Cantwell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 46,533 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,478.

    #5,259
    rank among US surnames
    6,635
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.4%
    change since 2000 (was #4,977)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,255Kiley6,63946,505
    #5,257Pitre6,63746,519
    #5,258Nazario6,63646,526
    #5,259Huebner6,63546,533

    Who is named Cantwell

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

    94% of people named Cantwell identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Cantwells

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Maria Cantwell
      American politician and businesswoman (born 1958)
    • Christian Cantwell
      American shot putter, born 1980
    • Jonathan Cantwell
      Australian road racing cyclist (1982–2018)
    • John Joseph Cantwell
      American Catholic prelate, 1874–1947

    Notable Cantwells come mostly from the United States (3) and Australia (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Cantwell

    Cantwell has the Soundex code C534, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C534.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Cantwell come from?
    Perhaps a variant of Canwell, a habitational surname.
    How common is the surname Cantwell?
    6,635 people in the United States had the surname Cantwell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,533 Americans. It ranked 5,259th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cantwell?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Cantwell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Cantwell?
    Maria Cantwell, American politician and businesswoman (born 1958), followed by Christian Cantwell.
    Where is the surname Cantwell most common?
    Wikidata records people named Cantwell in the United States and Australia.
    How do you pronounce Cantwell?
    Cantwell is /ˈkæntwəl/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Cantwell?
    Cantwell is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Cantwell getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,478 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,635 in 2010, up 2.4%.