Cantrell Surname

11,448th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49,084 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Cantrell Surname Definition:

Nickname. One who rang the chanterelle. Old French chanterelle, a small bell; from chanter, to sing; compare chantrel, a decoy partridge (Howell, quoted by Halliwell). Most of my instances hail from Yorkshire. I could have adduced others.

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Cantrell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States47,4681:7,636911
England8401:66,3317,704
Australia4071:66,3297,905
Ireland741:63,6344,162
Canada651:566,85547,218
South Africa461:1,177,77667,773
New Zealand281:161,72618,041
Brazil131:16,467,256295,032
Philippines111:9,203,475207,772
France101:6,642,272293,169
Guam81:20,0153,029
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Ecuador71:2,272,26423,377
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Northern Ireland61:307,50612,899
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Wales61:515,75523,171
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Panama51:782,45211,059
Jersey51:19,8403,614
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
China41:341,830,39216,990
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland231:192,6039,322
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4131:59,0206,931
Wales81:196,0527,186
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,8111:13,1771,694

Cantrell (401) may also be a first name.

Cantrell Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Nickname. One who rang the chanterelle. Old French chanterelle, a small bell; from chanter, to sing; compare chantrel, a decoy partridge (Howell, quoted by Halliwell). Most of my instances hail from Yorkshire. I could have adduced others. It is there the surname is still most largely represented. With Cantrell (instead of Chantrell) compare Candler and Chandler, Capel and Chappell, Cancellor and Chancellor.

Alice Cainterel, Yorkshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

William Chanterel, Northamptonshire, ibid.

Richard Chaunterel, Wiltshire, ibid.

Martin Chanterrl, Yorkshire, ibid.

Roger Chantrel, Somerset, 1 Edward III: . Kirby's Quest.

Johannes Quayntorell, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Johanna Quayntell, 1379: ibid.

1569. Baptised — John, son of John Chauntrell: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1632. John Yorke and Judith Cantrell, Berkshire: Marriage Lic. (London).

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Anglo-French-Latin) = Canter (q.v.) + the French diminutive suff. -el, Latin -ell-us.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(French, English) One who likes to sing; the little singer.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Probably Low Latin canterellus-"the little singer."

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

William and Roger Cantarel, of Normandy, 1198 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Alberic Chanterhill, of England, 1199 (Rotuli Curiae Regis); Richard Chaunterel, c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).

The Norman People (1874)

From the French, Cantrel, Chantrell; personal name William Chanterell, temp. King John.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Cantrell was the name of the Chancellor of the Diocese of Lichfield in 1503 (S.) There was a gentle family of Cantrell at Wokingham, Berks, 200 years ago (Ashmole's "Berkshire.").

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Cantrell Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Cantrell Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Cantrell is most common in The United States. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cantrell? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 11,448th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 148,471 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 91 percent of Cantrell reside; 91 percent reside in North America and 91 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Cantrell is also the 430,973rd most frequently used given name at a global level, held by 401 people.

The surname Cantrell is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 47,468 people, or 1 in 7,636. In The United States it is most frequent in: Georgia, where 14 percent live, Texas, where 10 percent live and Tennessee, where 9 percent live. Apart from The United States it is found in 55 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.

Cantrell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Cantrell has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 1,246 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 203 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 322 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 700 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it contracted 25 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Cantrell Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Cantrell last name is predominantly Catholic (61%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Cantrell last name are 22.31% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 69.08% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Cantrell earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 33.31% more than the national average, earning R 316,800 per year; in United States they earn 5.91% less than the national average, earning $40,597 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.08% more than the national average, earning $58,664 CAD per year.

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