Cardwell
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Cardwell is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: different form of Caldwell.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 22K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 28K
- AUAustralia≈1 in 33K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 392 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 22K (inferred from the name graph)
≈31,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
United Kingdom, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
different form of Caldwell
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Where in the world(measured from records)
Cardwell counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | ≈31,000 est. | ≈1 in 45K | — | Cardwell | 5 |
| US United States | 11,791 | 1 in 28K | 12K | Cardwell | 392 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈3,000 est. | ≈1 in 22K | — | Cardwell | 172 |
| CA Canada | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 35K | — | Cardwell | 100 |
| AU Australia | ≈760 est. | ≈1 in 33K | — | Cardwell | 103 |
| CU Cuba | ≈340 est. | ≈1 in 33K | — | Cardwell | 2 |
| SG Singapore | ≈210 est. | ≈1 in 30K | — | Cardwell | 2 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈190 est. | ≈1 in 26K | — | Cardwell | 37 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Edward Cardwellb. 1787GBBritish theologian (1787-1861)
- Edward Cardwell, 1st Viscount Cardwellb. 1813GBBritish politician (1813-1886)
- Louis Cardwellb. 1912GBFootballer (1912-1986)
- Donald S. L. Cardwellb. 1919GBHistorian of Science and Technology (1919-98)
- James Cardwellb. 1921USAmerican actor (1921-1954)
- Don Cardwellb. 1935USAmerican Major League Baseball pitcher
- Herbert Cardwellb. 1940GBcinematographer (1940-1979)
- David Cardwellb. 1960GBengineer from Great Britain
- Joi Cardwellb. 1967USAmerican musician
- Reed Cardwellanimator
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 14 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 12K | #3,037 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 11K | #2,878 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 11K | #3,115 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Cardwell mean, and where does it come from?
- different form of Caldwell Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- In which country does Cardwell have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 31 thousand people named Cardwell in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled cardwell.
- How common is the name Cardwell?
- In the United States, the national register counted 11,791 people named Cardwell in 2010, about 1 in 28 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/cardwellThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Cardwell”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.