How common is the surname Shad?

632 people in the United States had the surname Shad in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 488,521 Americans. It ranked 35,582nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Shad?

In the 2010 Census, 50% of people named Shad identified as white (not Hispanic), and 40% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Shad getting more or less common?

Less common. 729 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 632 in 2010, down 13%.

The surname Shad

A surname, carried by 632 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shad is more common than 78.1% of them.

Origin

* 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”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 632 people named Shad in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 488,521 Americans. That is down 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 729.

#35,582

rank among US surnames

632

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-13.3%

change since 2000 (was #30,292)

Who is named Shad

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

50% of people named Shad identified as white (not Hispanic), 40% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 50%
Asian and Pacific Islander 40%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Shad

Shad has the Soundex code S300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S300.

Questions

Where does the surname Shad come from?: * 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”).
How common is the surname Shad?: 632 people in the United States had the surname Shad in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 488,521 Americans. It ranked 35,582nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Shad?: In the 2010 Census, 50% of people named Shad identified as white (not Hispanic), and 40% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Shad getting more or less common?: Less common. 729 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 632 in 2010, down 13%.