The Adame surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 16,193 people carried this name — #2,250 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 18,200 people counted. That is up 37% from 11,848 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 108 people named Adame live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Mendoza.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Mendoza 65
Buenos Aires Province 26
Neuquén 17

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 35 people named Adame.

12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often La Réunion.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 12
La Réunion 9
Paris 4
Mayotte 2
French Guiana 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Adame in American newspapers,
1906–1923.

Newspaper page from The Crook County Monitor carrying the name Adame
The Crook County Monitor 1912-07-12
Newspaper page from The Guernsey Gazette carrying the name Adame
The Guernsey Gazette 1923-02-09
Newspaper page from Adams County News carrying the name Adame
Adams County News 1906-07-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 53,780 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Adame in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1970s.

1,155 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Adame. The most, 237, date from the 1910s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Tasmania, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 315
Queensland 304
Victoria 211
South Australia 133
Tasmania 122
Western Australia 67

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Adame.

Who carried it

People named Adame,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Manuel Adame Misa
    Manuel Adame Misa 1901–1945 · politician
  • Francisco Adame de Montemayor 1538–1599 · writer
  • Serafín Adame Muñoz 1828–1876 · writer
  • Serafín Adame Muñoz 1828–1875 · writer
  • Francisca Adame Hens 1922–2022 · human rights defender
  • Juan Pablo Adame 1985–2023 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Adame,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States577 records

577 records of the Adame name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 465
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 51
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 39
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 15
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Arthur Pina Adame

    Born 1949; from San Antonio, Texas. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1970 in Cambodia. Buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Espirio T. Adame

    Born 1921 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Abilene; farm hand from Mc Culloch County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1978, buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Christian Adame

    Arrived at New York in 1853 aboard the Catherine from Havre, aged 32; farmer. From Bavaria, Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 577 records for Adame in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Netherlands6 records

6 records of the Adame name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 3
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 2
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Maria Catharina Adame

    Married in 1822 in Amsterdam; cleaning woman.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Frans Adame

    Buried in 1694 in Utrecht.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Jantje Reiners Adame

    In the population register of Norg; born 1804.

    Open Archives, Drents Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 6 records for Adame in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

France3 records

3 records of the Adame name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Amoni Kasie Adame

    Born 1969 in District Brokopondo (Surinam); died 1999 in Mana (Guyane).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Joseph Adrien Adame

    Born 1921 in Saint-Benoît; died 1989 in Bras-Panon (La Réunion).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 2 of 3 records for Adame in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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