The Frade surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 334 people carried this name — #57,090 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
88 people named Frade live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 64 people named Frade.
30 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Yvelines.
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 print
Frade in American newspapers,
1861–1960.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 13,788 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Frade,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ricardo Frade 1877–1940 · writer -
Luis Frade Pazos 1894–1936 · politician -
Juan Antonio Frade 1914–1992 · painter -
Juan Antonio Frade Villar 1945–2018 · journalist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 18 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Frade.
- Fox 147,357 · U.S. census
- Foy 13,630 · U.S. census
- Foyer 145 · U.S. census
- Fracassi 303 · U.S. census
- Fracchia 189 · U.S. census
- Frackowiak 115 · U.S. census
- Fradin 236 · U.S. census
- Frago 187 · U.S. census
- Fraile 167 · U.S. census
- Frain 1,455 · U.S. census
- Fraioli 510 · U.S. census
- Fraise 313 · U.S. census
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