Canwell
English
Alternative forms
- Cantwell
Etymology
Habitational surname from a minor place in Staffordshire, named either with Old English canne (“can, cup, container”) or the personal name Cana + wella (“well, spring, stream”).
Proper noun
Canwell (plural Canwells)
- A surname, from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Canwell is the 22108th most common surname in England, belonging to 195 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Canwell”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- Forebears