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)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Canwell is the 22108^th 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: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 282.
• Forebears