The surname Cartwright
An occupational surname, carried by 22,156 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˈkɑɹt.ɹaɪt/ 2 syllables Soundex C636
Origin
English surname, from the nouns cart + wright (“maker, crafter”). As a Dutch surname, variant of Courtwright. The settlement in Labrador was named by British military officer, entrepreneur and author George Cartwright (1739/1740 – 1819), who established a fish and fur trading business at the location of the settlement.
Cartwright is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 22,156 people named Cartwright in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 13,935 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 21,654.
Who is named Cartwright
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
77% of people named Cartwright identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 77%
- Black (not Hispanic) 17%
- Two or more races 2.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Famous Cartwrights
11 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Nancy CartwrightAmerican actress, born 1957
- Veronica CartwrightBritish actress, born 1949
- Nancy CartwrightAmerican philosopher, born 1944
- Angela CartwrightBritish actress, born 1952
- Bill CartwrightAmerican basketball player and coach, born 1957
- Jack CartwrightAustralian swimmer, born 1998
- Lynn CartwrightActress (1927-2004)
- Samuel A. CartwrightAmerican physician (1793–1863)
- John Robert Cartwright12th Chief Justice of Canada (1895–1979)
- Hilton CartwrightAustralian cricketer, born 1992
- Kelly CartwrightAustralian female athletics Paralympian, born 1989
Notable Cartwrights come mostly from the United States (5), Australia (3) and the United Kingdom (2).
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Variant spellings
- Catrett
Surnames that sound like Cartwright
Cartwright has the Soundex code C636, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C636.
Questions
- Where does the surname Cartwright come from?
- English surname, from the nouns cart + wright (“maker, crafter”). As a Dutch surname, variant of Courtwright. The settlement in Labrador was named by British military officer, entrepreneur and author George Cartwright (1739/1740 – 1819), who established a fish and fur trading business at the…
- How common is the surname Cartwright?
- 22,156 people in the United States had the surname Cartwright in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,935 Americans. It ranked 1,626th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Cartwright?
- In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Cartwright identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Cartwright?
- Nancy Cartwright, American actress, followed by Veronica Cartwright.
- Where is the surname Cartwright most common?
- Wikidata records people named Cartwright in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom and 1 other country.
- How do you pronounce Cartwright?
- Cartwright is /ˈkɑɹt.ɹaɪt/, 2 syllables.
- What type of surname is Cartwright?
- Cartwright is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
- Is the surname Cartwright getting more or less common?
- More common. 21,654 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 22,156 in 2010, up 2.3%.
- What are other spellings of Cartwright?
- Catrett.