Cantrell

English

Alternative forms

• Cantrall, Cantrelle, Cantrill

Etymology

Various origins:

• Habitational surname from a minor place in Devon, from an unexplained first element + Old English hyll (“hill”).
• From Old French chanterelle (“small bell, treble”), a metonymic occupational surname for a bellmaker or ringer.
• A diminutive of Canter.

Proper noun

Cantrell (plural Cantrells)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cantrell is the 988^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 35266 individuals. Cantrell is most common among White (89.67%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cantrell”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 281.