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

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

Surname is form of Cade. Not withstanding Shakspeare's allusion, it may be doubted whether the name is derived from cade, a barrel. Several Cades are mentioned in Hundred Rolls without prefix. |In addition to what I have said (ut supra) respecting the probable residence of Jack Cade, the arch rebel, at Heathfield, county of Sussex, I may mention that I have seen the will of another John Cade of Heath field, which was proved at Lewes so lately as the year 1600.

Descendant of little Cadda meaning "battle".

How popular is Cady?

Cady is common in United States, France, England, Canada, Australia.

Cady is ranked 36967 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Cady bearers increased by 3.88 per cent in 2010 US census to 9084 since 2000, the surname slipped by 186 spots and ranked at 3910. The last name was found in around 3 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.08 93.58
Hispanic or Latino 2.34 1.61
Black 1.74 1.85
Others 1.37 1.32
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.8 1.04
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.67 0.59
Cady is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in United States which signifies its United States provenence. Around 14280 people have been found who wears Cady as their family name. Cady is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Cady:
3,563 United States12,650
Countries with hundreds of Cady:
17,391 France575
15,676 England327
18,199 Canada201
15,253 Australia190
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
8,036 Haiti49
11,429 Iraq42
35,739 Belgium37
10,313 Singapore26
3,238 China23
220,519 Brazil20
5,218 Tunisia17
122,961 Argentina15
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
48,153 Egypt9
39,626 Denmark8
21,198 Wales7
249,062 Philippines6
51,993 United Arab Emirates6

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

John Cady was 20 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on January 15, 1849. He lived in Ireland where he worked as servant and took Arrick from Liverpool. Workman Thomas Cady, Workman John Cady, Spinster Bridget Cady, 35 years old John Cady, Thomas Cady, aged 42, Mary Cady (50) Immigrant, 30 years old William Cady, Mary Cady, and 17 other Cady around 50% of whom were workman while others worked as bootmaker migrated to US.

From Germany

Laborer John Cady from Germany aboard the Tarifa from Liverpool & Queenstown. He is registered to be 20 years old when he arrived in United States on September 23, 1867. Catherine Cady (50) Matron, 50 years old Catherine Cady, 26 years old Pat. Cady, Pat. Cady (26) Laborer, 27 years old Hypolite Cady, 35 years old Orin Cady, are others that migrated to US from Liverpool, Liverpool & Queenstown and Bremen & Southampton.

Cady Namesakes

  • Claude E. Cady, politician and businessman
  • Jack Cady, (March 20, 1932{{cite web
  • Harrison Cady, American illustrator and author
  • Jerome Cady, Hollywood screenwriter
  • Burt D. Cady, American politician from the state of Michigan
  • J. Cleaveland Cady, New York-based architect whose most familiar surviving building is the south range of the American Museum of Natural History on New York's Upper West Side
  • Frank Cady, American actor best
  • Hamilton Cady, American chemist
  • Daniel Cady, While perhaps better known today as the father of Elizabeth Cady Stanton
  • Hick Cady, backup catcher in Major League Baseball
  • Charlie Cady, American Major League Baseball pitcher/outfielder
  • H. Emilie Cady, American homeopathic physician and author of New Thought spiritual writings
  • John W. Cady, American lawyer and politician from New York

Cady Namesakes

  • Claude E. Cady, politician and businessman
  • Jack Cady, (March 20, 1932{{cite web
  • Harrison Cady, American illustrator and author
  • Jerome Cady, Hollywood screenwriter
  • Burt D. Cady, American politician from the state of Michigan
  • J. Cleaveland Cady, New York-based architect whose most familiar surviving building is the south range of the American Museum of Natural History on New York's Upper West Side
  • Frank Cady, American actor best
  • Hamilton Cady, American chemist
  • Daniel Cady, While perhaps better known today as the father of Elizabeth Cady Stanton
  • Hick Cady, backup catcher in Major League Baseball
  • Charlie Cady, American Major League Baseball pitcher/outfielder
  • H. Emilie Cady, American homeopathic physician and author of New Thought spiritual writings
  • John W. Cady, American lawyer and politician from New York

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