How common is the surname Cordell?

9,119 people in the United States had the surname Cordell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,857 Americans. It ranked 3,893rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Cordell getting more or less common?

More common. 8,776 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,119 in 2010, up 3.9%.

The surname Cordell

A surname, carried by 9,119 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C634

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cordell is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,119 people named Cordell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 33,857 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,776.

#3,893

rank among US surnames

9,119

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

+3.9%

change since 2000 (was #3,708)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,884	Schiller	9,132	33,809
#3,885	Jerome	9,131	33,813
#3,886	Rickard	9,128	33,824
#3,887	Ling	9,127	33,828
#3,888	Volk	9,126	33,831
#3,890	Jang	9,125	33,835
#3,891	Avina	9,122	33,846

Who is named Cordell

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

89% of people named Cordell identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cordell

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

Questions

How common is the surname Cordell?: 9,119 people in the United States had the surname Cordell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,857 Americans. It ranked 3,893rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cordell?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Cordell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Cordell getting more or less common?: More common. 8,776 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,119 in 2010, up 3.9%.