Cantwell is used as a family name or surname in Australia. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Cantwell
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Australia
Meaning: Most probably from some local place name ending in ville.

How popular is Cantwell?

Cantwell is common in Australia.

Cantwell is ranked 34695 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Cantwell bearers increased by 2.423588 per cent in 2010 US census to 6635 since 2000, the surname slipped by 282 spots and ranked at 5259. The last name was found in around 22 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.27 96.05
Hispanic or Latino 3.06 1.61
Others 1.31 1.08
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.68 0.68
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.51 0.26
Black 0.17 0.32
Cantwell is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 14351 people have been found who wears Cantwell as their family name. Cantwell is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
108,034 Italy3
119,730 Brazil3
90,215 Germany3
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
147,165 Czech Republic2
1,500,361 India2
49,101 Denmark1
53,033 Nigeria1
37,493 Austria1
56,169 Mexico1
897,276 Russia1
13,447 Uganda1
8,859 Iraq1
799 British Virgin Islands1
29,046 Japan1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
1,819 Laos1
118,015 Netherlands1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
17,236 Ghana1
24,176 Qatar1
20,172 Hungary1
21,562 Portugal1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
4,813 Hong Kong47
28,564 Switzerland36
9,620 Singapore30
42,407 Sweden22
52,530 Belgium22
73,929 Spain21
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
117,149 France73
12,007 Chile72
Countries with hundreds of Cantwell:
5,382 Canada812
3,128 New Zealand244
3,830 Scotland158
3,358 Wales113
43,624 South Africa110
15,665 Malaysia101
Countries with thousands of Cantwell:
4,648 United States8,541
4,926 England1,495
576 Ireland1,283
2,727 Australia1,138
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

John Cantwell was 20 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on May 23, 1846. He lived in Great Britain where he worked as servant and took Henry Pratt from Liverpool. Ann Cantwell (30) Maid, Maid Sarah Cantwell, Born at sea Cromie Cantwell, Mary Cantwell, aged 16, John Cantwell (30) Farmer, Mary Cantwell, aged 26, Margt. Cantwell (19) Immigrant, Thomas Cantwell (40) Workman, and 95 other Cantwell around 48.15% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and spinster, shoemaker, servant migrated to US.

Cantwell Namesakes

  • Maria Cantwell, United States Senator
  • Alan Cantwell, Author
  • Maria Cantwell, United States Senator
  • William Cantwell, Political figure
  • Jonathan Cantwell, Professional Road Racing Cyclist
  • Johannah Paige Cantwell, Musical Artist
  • Kelle Cantwell, Actress
  • Killian Cantwell, Soccer player
  • Maria Cantwell, United States Senator
  • Noel Cantwell, Cricket Player
  • Joanne Cantwell, from 2011 comedy and drama film Hayseeds and Scalawags, who portrayed the Nurse Shonda.

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