How common is the surname Dade?

2,364 people in the United States had the surname Dade in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,603 Americans. It ranked 12,986th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Dade?

Arta Dade, Albanian politician, followed by Frances Dade.

Where is the surname Dade most common?

Wikidata records people named Dade in Albania and the United States.

Is the surname Dade getting more or less common?

More common. 2,280 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,364 in 2010, up 3.7%.

Is Dade also a first name?

Yes. Dade 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.

The surname Dade

An Irish surname, carried by 2,364 people in the United States.

Pronounced /deɪd/ 1 syllable Soundex D300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dade is more common than 92% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Anglicised from an Irish equivalent of David.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,364 people named Dade in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 130,603 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,280.

#12,986

rank among US surnames

2,364

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+3.7%

change since 2000 (was #12,481)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,978	Cron	2,366	130,493
#12,981	Moor	2,365	130,548
#12,986	Golub	2,364	130,603
#12,994	Beringer	2,363	130,658

Who is named Dade

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

63% of people named Dade identified as Black (not Hispanic), 29% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.1% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 63%
White (not Hispanic) 29%
Two or more races 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Dades

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Arta Dade
Albanian politician, born 1953
Frances Dade
American actress (1910-1968)

Notable Dades come mostly from Albania (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dade

Dade has the Soundex code D300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D300.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Dade come from?: Anglicised from an Irish equivalent of David.
How common is the surname Dade?: 2,364 people in the United States had the surname Dade in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,603 Americans. It ranked 12,986th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dade?: In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Dade identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 29% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Dade?: Arta Dade, Albanian politician, followed by Frances Dade.
Where is the surname Dade most common?: Wikidata records people named Dade in Albania and the United States.
How do you pronounce Dade?: Dade is /deɪd/, one syllable.
Is the surname Dade getting more or less common?: More common. 2,280 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,364 in 2010, up 3.7%.
Is Dade also a first name?: Yes. Dade 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.