The Cadet surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,607 people carried this name — #7,240 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 64,100 people counted. That is up 55% from 2,979 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 3,687 people named Cadet.
127 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 92 départements, most often La Réunion.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 64 people named Cadet live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Cadet in American newspapers,
1884–1957.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 563,338 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Cadet,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean Cadet de Limay 1732–1802 · engineer -
Charles Louis Cadet de Gassicourt 1769–1821 · writer -
Louis Cadet 1821–1891 · politician -
Maria Rita Colaço Chiappe Cadet 1836–1885 · writer -
Auguste Cadet 1881–1956 · architect
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 64 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cadet.
- Cachat 149 · U.S. census
- Cachia 149 · U.S. census
- Caci 239 · U.S. census
- Cade 8,391 · U.S. census
- Cadeau 345 · U.S. census
- Cadena 11,560 · U.S. census
- Cadez 106 · U.S. census
- Cadiere 139 · U.S. census
- Cadieu 101 · U.S. census
- Cadieux 1,264 · U.S. census
- Cado 105 · U.S. census
- Cador 100 · U.S. census
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