Cantwel Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

Cantwel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cantwel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Cantwel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cantwel occurs most in The United States. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cantwel? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 7,117,718th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 71 percent of Cantwel live; 71 percent live in North America and 71 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Cantwel is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States Cantwel is primarily concentrated in: California, where 25 percent live, Florida, where 25 percent live and New York, where 25 percent live. Aside from The United States this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 14 percent live and Kenya, where 14 percent live.

Cantwel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Cantwel has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Cantwel last name fell 69 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cantwell9315,737/
Cantweel931/
Cantweell882/
Canttwell880/
Cantuel86239/
Cantwil8638/
Kantwell8012/
Camtwell805/
Contwell804/
Candwell801/
Cantuell801/
Cantwill800/
Zantwell800/
Chandwell750/
Kantwill6738/
Candbell674/
Kantuell671/
Khandwel671/
Condwell670/
Condouel539/
Chandvle532/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Cantwel
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