Cartmail Surname

1,918,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 94 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Cartmail Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Cartmell,' a well-known town in Furness, North Lancashire. The Staffordshire variants of this surname seem to have come from North Lancashire via Cheshire.

Robert Cartmell, of Claughton, 1578: Lancashire Wills at Richmond.

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Cartmail Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England851:655,50738,035
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England541:451,39625,813
Isle of Man21:27,1351,659

Cartmail Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Cartmell,' a well-known town in Furness, North Lancashire. The Staffordshire variants of this surname seem to have come from North Lancashire via Cheshire.

Robert Cartmell, of Claughton, 1578: Lancashire Wills at Richmond.

Elizabeth Cart mall, of Haughton, (1681-1748).

Ann Cartmell, of Pullgarth, in Cartmell Fell, 1701: ibid.

Thomas Cartmell, of Chester, 1648: Wills at Chester.

John Cartmell, of Simondston, 1673: ibid. (1660-80).

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

(Scandinavian) belonging to Cartmel (Lancs) = the Cart-Sandbank [Old Norse kart-r, a cart+mel-r, a sandbank] William de Kertmel, A.D. 1246-47.—Lanc. Assize Rolls.

The signification of this name apparently has reference to the famous passage—at low water—across the Leven sands. The guides over the sands are, or were, called carters, passengers generally being con­veyed in carts.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Cartmell was the name of four tenants in Garstang in the reign of James I. (F. G.). There is a Lancashire parish thus called.

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

Cartmail Last Name Facts

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

Cartmail occurs in England more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Cartmail? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,918,812th most frequently held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 77,527,084 people. Cartmail occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Cartmail reside; 99 percent reside in Northern Europe and 99 percent reside in British Isles.

This surname is most frequently held in England, where it is held by 85 people, or 1 in 655,507. In England Cartmail is primarily concentrated in: Staffordshire, where 55 percent live, North Yorkshire, where 14 percent live and West Midlands, where 8 percent live. Beside England Cartmail exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Scotland, where 7 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 1 percent live.

Cartmail Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Cartmail has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Cartmail last name increased 157 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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Cartmail Reference & Research

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