Spade is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Spade
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Germany
Meaning:

Is variant of Speed. Probably have reference to the swiftness of the original bearers.

Family name Spade is a form of Spatz. One with some characteristic of a little sparrow.

How popular is Spade?

Spade is common in United States.

Spade is ranked 127486 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Spade bearers increased by 6.78 per cent in 2010 US census to 2536 since 2000, the surname slipped by 206 spots and ranked at 12264. The last name was found in around 9 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 90.93 92.59
Black 3.9 2.74
Others 1.85 1.77
Hispanic or Latino 1.81 1.22
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1 1.39
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.39 0.29
Spade is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Marshall Islands. Around 3557 people have been found who wears Spade as their family name. Spade is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Spade:
12,119 United States3,249
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
36,402 Canada89
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
68,634 England34
10,313 Singapore26
12,995 Latvia23
33,666 Sweden21
30,120 Norway17
527,769 India14
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
78,460 Zimbabwe10
306,885 France9
135,538 Australia7

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Hermann Spade was 17 years old when he migrated to Unknown location on July 11, 1873. He lived in Germany where he worked as laborer and took Leipzig from Bremen. 17 years old Hermann Spade, 34 years old Absalia Spade, Richchen Spade, aged 2, Ida Spade (11 months old), Gerhara Spade (16), are others that migrated to US.

Spade Namesakes

  • Dudley Spade, politician from the U.S. state of Michigan
  • Kate Spade, American fashion designer and businesswoman
  • David Spade, American actor, stand-up comedian, writer

Spade Namesakes

  • Dudley Spade, politician from the U.S. state of Michigan
  • Kate Spade, American fashion designer and businesswoman
  • David Spade, American actor, stand-up comedian, writer

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