# Ade (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ade/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname transferred from the given name.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,418 |
| US rank (2010) | 19,152 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 217,733 people |
| Change since 2000 | +16% (1,218 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

The surname derives from medieval forms of Adam or Adrian.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ade in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 69% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 24% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ade in the United States.

## People named Ade

- George Ade, American writer, newspaper columnist and playwright (1866-1944)

## Similar surnames

Awad, Attaway, Athey, Ayotte, Addy, Atha, Aday, Addo, Attia.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.