# Lade (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norse |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,106 |
| US rank (2010) | 23,096 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 279,155 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.2% (1,131 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a Norwegian surname, from Old Norse hlaða (“to stack, pile”). * As a north German surname, variant of Ladwig, Ludwig. * Also as a German surname, from the archaic noun Lade (“chest”). * As an English surname, from Old English lad (“waterway”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lade 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) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lade in the United States.

## People named Lade

- Connor Lade, American soccer player

## Similar surnames

Ladd, Ladue, Lady, Lloyd, Lott, Loyd, Lett, Latta, Leite, Leath, Leedy, Leddy.

## 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.