The surname Cade
A French occupational surname, carried by 8,391 people in the United States.
Pronounced /keɪd/ 1 syllable Soundex C300 Also a first name
Origin
French origin
* As an English surname, from an old personal name Cada, from a Germanic root meaning "lump, swelling" and perhaps related to the next sense. * Also as an English occupational surname for a cooper, from Old French cade (“barrel, cask”), from Latin cadus. * Also as an English surname, from the noun cade (sense 1) (“domestic animal”). * As a French surname, spelling variant of Cadé, from cade (“juniper”).
Cade is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.
One of 791 French surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 8,391 people named Cade in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,795 Americans. That is up 9.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,693.
Who is named Cade
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
51% of people named Cade identified as white (not Hispanic), 43% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 51%
- Black (not Hispanic) 43%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
- Two or more races 2.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Famous Cades
3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Toni Cade BambaraAmerican author, activist, professor (1939–1995)
- John CadeAustralian psychiatrist (1912-1980)
- Robert CadeAmerican medical doctor, nephrologist, research scientist, inventor of Gatorade (1927–2007
Notable Cades come mostly from the United States (2) and Australia (1).
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Questions
- Where does the surname Cade come from?
- * As an English surname, from an old personal name Cada, from a Germanic root meaning "lump, swelling" and perhaps related to the next sense. * Also as an English occupational surname for a cooper, from Old French cade (“barrel, cask”), from Latin cadus. * Also as an English surname, from the noun…
- How common is the surname Cade?
- 8,391 people in the United States had the surname Cade in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,795 Americans. It ranked 4,226th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Cade?
- In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Cade identified as white (not Hispanic), and 43% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Cade?
- Toni Cade Bambara, American author, activist, professor (1939–1995), followed by John Cade.
- Where is the surname Cade most common?
- Wikidata records people named Cade in the United States and Australia.
- How do you pronounce Cade?
- Cade is /keɪd/, one syllable.
- What type of surname is Cade?
- Cade is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
- Is the surname Cade getting more or less common?
- More common. 7,693 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,391 in 2010, up 9.1%.
- What are other spellings of Cade?
- Caid, Caide, Cayde, Kade, Kaid and Kaide.
- Is Cade also a first name?
- Yes. Cade is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.