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Caldwell

in Pennsylvania

There are 2,693 people with the last name "Caldwell" in Pennsylvania.

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Ranking in Pennsylvania

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Caldwell 310
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  1. is 306th most common Sherman
  2. is 307th most common Ramos
  3. is 308th most common Stevenson
  4. is 309th most common Fitzgerald
  5. is 310th most common Caldwell
  6. is 311th most common Austin
  7. is 312th most common Haines
  8. is 313th most common Wheeler
  9. is 314th most common Joseph

Most Common First Names for Caldwell

James, Robert, William, David, John, Richard, Thomas, Donald, Mary, Michael

Meaning & History

English, Scottish, and northern Irish: habitational name from any of several places in England and Scotland, variously spelled, that are named with Old English cald ‘cold’ + well(a) ‘spring’, ‘stream’. Caldwell in North Yorkshire is one major source of the surname; Caldwell in Renfrewshire in Scotland another.

FOREBEARS Several Caldwells emigrated from Scotland to America by way of Ireland in the 18th century. James Caldwell (1734–81), son of settler John Caldwell, was born in Charlotte Co., VA, and was a militant clergyman during the revolutionary war. Andrew Caldwell, a Scottish farmer, emigrated to America in 1718 and started a family in Lancaster Co., PA. His son David was a Presbyterian clergyman and well-known revolutionary war patriot.

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