Cauldwell Surname

370,695th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 969 people bear this surname

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

Cauldwell Surname Definition:

(English) belonging to Cauldwell or Caldwell: v. Caldwell.

Cauldwell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4331:837,08863,980
England3801:146,62614,112
Northern Ireland611:30,2463,146
Ireland361:130,8046,280
South Africa191:2,851,458109,033
Australia191:1,420,82673,129
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland351:126,5687,344
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2011:121,27011,535
Scotland71:534,74514,325
Wales31:522,80514,314
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2021:248,60720,632

Cauldwell Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) belonging to Cauldwell or Caldwell: v. Caldwell.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Cauldwell Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cauldwell occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Cauldwell? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 370,695th most widely held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 7,520,687 people. Cauldwell occurs mostly in Europe, where 50 percent of Cauldwell reside; 50 percent reside in Northern Europe and 50 percent reside in British Isles.

This last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 433 people, or 1 in 837,088. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Missouri, where 12 percent live, Arkansas, where 12 percent live and New York, where 10 percent live. Beside The United States this surname is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in England, where 39 percent live and Northern Ireland, where 6 percent live.

Cauldwell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Cauldwell has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Cauldwell surname expanded 214 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 189 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 103 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it contracted 43 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Cauldwell Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Cauldwell last name is principally Catholic (66%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Cauldwell surname are 12.78% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 59.55% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Cauldwell earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 198.24% more than the national average, earning R 708,720 per year; in United States they earn 1.01% less than the national average, earning $42,714 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.41% less than the national average, earning $42,522 CAD per year.

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Cauldwell Reference & Research

Caldwell DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Caldwell FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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