# Shad (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/shad/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 632 |
| US rank (2010) | 35,582 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 488,521 people |
| Change since 2000 | -13.3% (729 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an Urdu and Persian surname, from شاد (šâd, “glad, cheerful”). This surname is mostly found in Pakistan. * As an English surname, from the noun shad. * As a German surname, Americanized from Schade, itself related to Schaden (“damage”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Shad 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) | 50% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 40% |

## Similar surnames

Shade, Shedd, Shatto, Shead, Said, Saad, Schade, Shahid, Schad, Schaad, Shehadeh, Sada.

## 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.