Last Name CARDWELL

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Local: De Cardeville. This surname seems to be of Norman extraction. The suffix '-ville' is commonly turned into '-well.'

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	2,878 (2000 US census)	2,130 (1990 US census)

Count	11,450 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

83.22%, or 9529 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
11.9%, or 1363 total occurrences, as black,
0.42%, or 48 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.55%, or 63 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.91%, or 219 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.99%, or 228 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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