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    The surname Cardwell

    A surname, carried by 11,791 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈkɑɹd.wɛl/ 2 syllables Soundex C634

    Cardwell: #3,037 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Cardwell #3,037, 11,791 people Cardwell: #3,037 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cardwell #3,037, 11,791 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cardwell is more common than 98.1% of them.

    Origin

    The civil parish is named after British politician Edward Cardwell, 1st Viscount Cardwell (1813 - 1886).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,791 people named Cardwell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,185 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,450.

    #3,037
    rank among US surnames
    11,791
    people in 2010
    4.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3%
    change since 2000 (was #2,878)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,028Lankford11,83426,090
    #3,029Bolanos11,82926,101
    #3,031Shanks11,82226,116
    #3,032O'Sullivan11,81826,125
    #3,033Delvalle11,81626,129
    #3,034Hite11,81026,143
    #3,035Arenas11,80926,145

    Who is named Cardwell

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

    82% of people named Cardwell identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 82%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Cardwell

    Cardwell has the Soundex code C634, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C634.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Cardwell come from?
    The civil parish is named after British politician Edward Cardwell, 1st Viscount Cardwell (1813 - 1886).
    How common is the surname Cardwell?
    11,791 people in the United States had the surname Cardwell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,185 Americans. It ranked 3,037th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cardwell?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Cardwell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Cardwell?
    Cardwell is /ˈkɑɹd.wɛl/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Cardwell getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,450 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,791 in 2010, up 3.0%.