The Gad surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 516 people carried this name — #40,019 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted.
In Poland’s population register
1,230 people named Gad have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 1,350 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 14 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Holy Cross.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 91 people named Gad.
16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Finistère.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
27 people named Gad live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gad.
- Gabriels 101 · U.S. census
- Gaby 584 · U.S. census
- Gac 265 · U.S. census
- Gach 614 · U.S. census
- Gachassin 128 · U.S. census
- Gaches 237 · U.S. census
- Gadbois 1,265 · U.S. census
- Gade 1,193 · U.S. census
- Gadea 501 · U.S. census
- Gaden 279 · U.S. census
- Gady 222 · U.S. census
- Gaertner 1,833 · U.S. census
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