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Wade

in Alabama

There are 2,362 people with the last name "Wade" in Alabama.

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Ranking in Alabama

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Wade 217
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  1. is 213th most common Fields
  2. is 214th most common May
  3. is 215th most common Pate
  4. is 216th most common Hale
  5. is 217th most common Wade
  6. is 218th most common Peterson
  7. is 219th most common Hood
  8. is 220th most common Henry
  9. is 221st most common Pope

Similar Names and Nicknames

Wake, Wadel, Wadell, Wege, Wige, Wage, Wyde, Waden, Wademan, Wadeson

Most Common First Names for Wade

James, William, John, Michael, Mary, Robert, David, Thomas, Brenda, Larry

Meaning & History

English: from the Middle English personal name Wade, Old English Wada, from wadan ‘to go’. (Wada was the name of a legendary sea-giant.)

English: topographic name for someone who lived near a ford, Old English (ge)wæd (of cognate origin to 1), or a habitational name from a place named with this word, as for example Wade in Suffolk.

Dutch and North German: occupational name or nickname from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German wade ‘garment’, ‘large net’.

FOREBEARS Jonathan Wade emigrated from Norfolk, England, to Medford, MA, in 1632. Benjamin Franklin Wade (1800–1878), born near Springfield, MA, was a prominent U.S. senator from OH during the Civil War.

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