Cardew

English

Alternative forms

• Carthew

Etymology

From Cumbric *cair (“a fort”) + Cumbric *du (“black”).

Proper noun

Cardew (countable and uncountable, plural Cardews)

1. A hamlet in the City of Carlisle district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY340492).
2. A habitational surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cardew is the 150452^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 109 individuals. Cardew is most common among White (96.33%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cardew”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 287.

Anagrams

• crawed