Adem is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Adem
No. of characters: 4
Origin: England
Meaning:

Adem is a variant of Eden. Descendant of little Ede or Ead meaning "prosperity".

Adem is a variant form of Eden. Though the pedigree is not traced higher than the year 1413, there is no reason to doubt that the name is local and derived from either Castle Eden or Little Eden in the county of Durham, where, as Mr. Courthope asserts, the family were resident for several generations prior to the close of the XIV. century.

How popular is Adem?

As per 2010 US census, number of Adems grew by 117.86 per cent to 671 since 2000 and ranked 33894 after elevating 27164 spots. The last name was found in around 2 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 83.9 65.58
White 11.18 17.86
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
2.09 4.87
Others 1.49 9.09
Hispanic or Latino 1.34 0

Immigrants to US

From Germany

33 years old baker Weigand Adem who was residing in Germany migrated to St.Louis on November 19, 1896 by Lahn put out from Bremen & Southampton.

Adem Namesakes

  • Sonay Adem, Minister for Labor and Social Security
  • Khalid Adem, Ethiopian
  • Alberto Bustani Adem, Mexican businessperson, academic and engineer

Adem Namesakes

  • Sonay Adem, Minister for Labor and Social Security
  • Khalid Adem, Ethiopian
  • Alberto Bustani Adem, Mexican businessperson, academic and engineer

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