The Cantrell surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 35,266 people carried this name — #988 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 8,360 people counted. That is up 2% from 34,674 in 2000.

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Among the farmers of England and Wales, 1880s

Cantrell was found among the farmers of Staffordshire: 10 in every 10,000.

Guppy counted the farmers listed in each county’s directory and recorded a name only where it reached about 7 in every 10,000; where it does not appear, it was rarer than that, not absent. His list gives one count for the spellings Cantrell and Cantrill.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Per 10,000 farmers, by county

Staffordshire 10

H. B. Guppy, «Homes of Family Names in Great Britain» (London, 1890), alphabetical list of English and Welsh names — public domain · farmers in Kelly’s Post Office Directories of the 1880s, per 10,000 farmers in each county.

In print

Cantrell in American newspapers,
1903–1913.

Newspaper page from The Hattiesburg News carrying the name Cantrell
The Hattiesburg News 1913-09-19
Newspaper page from The Indianapolis Journal carrying the name Cantrell
The Indianapolis Journal 1903-02-06
Newspaper page from The Indianapolis Journal carrying the name Cantrell
The Indianapolis Journal 1903-02-10

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 33,043 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Cantrell in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1990s.

1,948 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Cantrell. The most, 431, date from the 1930s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Tasmania, at 3.1 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 866
Queensland 530
Tasmania 336
Western Australia 100
Victoria 64
South Australia 20
ACT (Canberra) 16

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Cantrell.

Who carried it

People named Cantrell,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Charles P. Cantrell
    Charles P. Cantrell 1874–1948 · military personnel
  • William Cantrell d. 1585 · politician
  • Gary L. Cantrell d. 2024 · chemist
  • Joseph Cantrell d. 1770
  • Henry Cantrell 1684–1773 · writer
  • Mary Goodbody 1696–

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Cantrell,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States1,634 records

1,634 records of the Cantrell name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 1,115
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 356
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 78
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 30
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 20
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 12
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 8
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 7
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 4
  • Sacramento County historic burials 3
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Alvin Cantrell

    Born 1907 in California. Enlisted 1943 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri; farm hand. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1979, buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mary Cantrell

    Arrived at New York in 1885 aboard the Adriatic from Liverpool, aged 21; servant. From Queenstown, Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Phillip Gene Cantrell

    Born 1949; from Delano, California. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1967 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 1,634 records for Cantrell in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia165 records

165 records of the Cantrell name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 76
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 47
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 25
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 16
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Frances Anne Cantrell

    Born 1861 in Hobart, Tasmania. Married 1884 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 22.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Emily Amelia Cantrell

    Born 1859 in Hobart, Tasmania. Died 1879 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 20.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Charles Cantrell

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Charles Kerr, arriving 1837; ticket of leave 1842.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Showing 3 of 165 records for Cantrell in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Cantrell name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  1. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record James Cantrell

    Died in service in 1917.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Isaac Cantrell

    Married 1867 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 2 of 3 records for Cantrell in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

New Zealand2 records

2 records of the Cantrell name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Ethel Florence Cantrell

    Died 1939, aged 65; buried at Waimairi Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record William S. Seaward Cantrell

    Died 1932, aged 62; buried at Waimairi Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

United Kingdom2 records

2 records of the Cantrell name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record W. Cantrell

    Royal Scots. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record F. Cantrell

    Tank Corps. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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