The Ede surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 807 people carried this name — #29,309 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 370,400 people counted. That is up 7% from 751 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Ede surname
Variant spelling of Eade.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Ede» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 68 people named Ede.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Sarthe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 61 people named Ede 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 Brussels-Capital.
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 the Nordic population registers
72 people named Ede are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Ede,
with a public archive behind them.
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George Ede 1854–1904 · translator -
Mildred Mary Ede d. 1953
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Cecilia Eleanor Selina Ede d. 1888
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Catherine Sophronia Jane Ede d. 1844
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Mary Ede 1769–1804
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Johann Ludwig Friedrich Ede 1802–1859 · entrepreneur
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ede.
- Eckert 17,269 · U.S. census
- Eckes 911 · U.S. census
- Eckle 171 · U.S. census
- Eckmann 657 · U.S. census
- Eckstein 4,628 · U.S. census
- Edde 309 · U.S. census
- Edel 965 · U.S. census
- Edelin 155 · U.S. census
- Edelmann 644 · U.S. census
- Eder 3,847 · U.S. census
- Edery 252 · U.S. census
- Edin 392 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Ede is.
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