Cadenhead

English

Etymology

Scottish habitational or topographic surname for someone who lived at the head of Caddon Water, a small river in the Scottish Borders.

Proper noun

Cadenhead (plural Cadenheads)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cadenhead is the 22733^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1127 individuals. Cadenhead is most common among White (84.83%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cadenhead”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 267.