Wade

in the US

There are 75,212 people with the last name "Wade" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Wade 284
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  1. is 280th most common Bates
  2. is 281st most common Craig
  3. is 282nd most common Cohen
  4. is 283rd most common Lambert
  5. is 284th most common Wade
  6. is 285th most common Powers
  7. is 286th most common Caldwell
  8. is 287th most common Leonard
  9. is 288th most common Chambers

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Wade

James, Robert, William, John, Michael, David, Charles, Mary, Richard, Thomas



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 (18001878), born near Springfield, MA, was a prominent U.S. senator from OH during the Civil War.


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