# Wade (surname)

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

A topographic surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 97,040 |
| US rank (2010) | 319 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 3,182 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.5% (92,834 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /weɪd/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | Waide |

## Etymology

From Old English wæd (“a ford”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Wade 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) | 65% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 29% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Wade in the United States, Australia, Senegal and Belize.

## People named Wade

- Dwyane Wade, American basketball player (born 1982)
- Abdoulaye Wade, 3rd President of Senegal
- Jason Wade, American singer and guitarist (born 1980)
- Dean Wade, basketball player (1996-)
- Benjamin Wade, American lawyer and politician (1800–1878)
- Brian Patrick Wade, American actor
- Matthew Wade, Australian cricketer
- Adam Wade, American singer and actor (1935–2022)
- Paul Wade, Australian soccer player
- Russell Wade, American actor (1917-2006)
- Emma Wade, athletics competitor (* 1980)
- Jenny Wade, American actress

and 4 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Waite, Waid, Waddy, Wada, White, Wood, Wyatt, Witt, Woody, Whitt, Watt, Wheat.

## 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.