Cardwell Surname

25,658th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20,997 people bear this surname

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

Cardwell Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'de Cardeville.' This surname seems to be of Norman extraction. The suffix -ville is commonly turned into-well; compare Boswell and Bosville.

William de Cardevile, Wiltshire, 1273.

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Cardwell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States15,7441:23,0222,891
England2,6381:21,1212,979
Canada7011:52,5616,304
Northern Ireland6631:2,783563
Australia5991:45,0685,661
Scotland2331:22,9782,581
New Zealand1341:33,7935,839
Wales681:45,5084,331
South Africa481:1,128,70266,097
Singapore261:211,83510,313
Qatar221:107,18211,536
Bermuda151:4,352690
Thailand131:5,433,719375,884
Jersey121:8,2671,718
France101:6,642,272293,169
Finland81:687,08836,047
Jamaica61:478,32410,136
Panama61:652,04310,051
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
China31:455,773,85521,925
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Isle of Man21:42,9113,686
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland3441:12,8781,726
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,3501:18,0562,607
Scotland831:45,0993,253
Jersey71:7,4121,296
Wales31:522,80514,314
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,5281:19,8652,503

Cardwell (299) may also be a first name.

Cardwell Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'de Cardeville.' This surname seems to be of Norman extraction. The suffix -ville is commonly turned into-well; compare Boswell and Bosville.

William de Cardevile, Wiltshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Richard de Cardevill, Southamptonshire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

1603. Buried — Sasand Cardewell: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1612. Married — Thomas Coe and Dorath Cardwell: St Antholin (London).

1754. — Charles Bradley and Alice Cardwell: St. George Chapel, Mayfair.

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

(Anglo-French-Latin) belonging to (prob.) Cardonville in Normandy = the Thistly Estate [Old French cordon (mod. chardon), a thistle, from Latin cardu-us + French ville, Latin villa, an estate, &c.] This name therefore corresponds to the English Thistleton.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

For Cardeville or Cardunville, from C., near Caen. Ernald de Cardunville held a fief from the See of Lincoln, 1165, and Peter de C. from the barony of Estoteville, York (Liber Niger). Paganus de C. had a grant in Hereford 1156 (Rot. Pip.) Walter de C. was witness, 1170, to a charter in Lincoln (Mon. ii.). Richard de Cardeville was witness (13th cent.) to a charter of the Bp. of Winchester (Mon. ii. 664). He held lands in Hants by serjeantry (Testa de Neville).

The Norman People (1874)

Cardwell Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cardwell is most common in The United States. It may be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cardwell? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 25,658th most frequently occurring last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 347,076 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 76 percent of Cardwell live; 76 percent live in North America and 76 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 509,704th most commonly occurring given name globally. It is borne by 299 people.

The last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 15,744 people, or 1 in 23,022. In The United States Cardwell is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 12 percent reside, North Carolina, where 7 percent reside and Tennessee, where 7 percent reside. Besides The United States this surname exists in 50 countries. It also occurs in England, where 13 percent reside and Canada, where 3 percent reside.

Cardwell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Cardwell has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Cardwell surname expanded 623 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 195 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 281 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 2,267 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 99 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Cardwell Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Cardwell surname is chiefly Anglican (63%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Cardwell last name are 21.7% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 68.47% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Cardwell earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 21.48% more than the national average, earning R 288,672 per year; in United States they earn 5.18% less than the national average, earning $40,916 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.27% more than the national average, earning $53,297 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Cardwel934/
Cardwll932/
Cordwell882,174/
Cartwell8871/
Kardwell8819/
Cardwill882/
Cardweel880/
Carduell880/
Chartwell8218/
Carthwell821/
Carrtwell820/
Kardwel802/
Cartwel800/
Cordwel800/
Zartwell758/
Cortwell751/
Courtwell711/
Kerdwill630/
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