The Ide surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,784 people carried this name — #11,335 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 106,400 people counted. That is down 2% from 2,848 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Ide surname
A surname transferred from the given name.
From the medieval male (and less often female) given name Ida.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Ide» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 630 people named Ide 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 West Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 135 people named Ide.
40 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Aisne.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 46 people named Ide 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 Chubut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
34 people named Ide have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 50 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 2 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 the Nordic population registers
21 people named Ide is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
In print
Ide in American newspapers,
1848–1900.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 844,024 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Ide,
with a public archive behind them.
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William B. Ide 1796–1852 · politician -
Alexis W. Ide 1826– · politician -
Henry Clay Ide 1844–1921 · judge -
John C. Ide d. 1866 · politician
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Lily Ide d. 1943 · artist
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Myôchin Yoshihisa d. 1664
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ide.
- Ibarra 66,063 · U.S. census
- Ibert 113 · U.S. census
- Ibrahim 15,915 · U.S. census
- Ibrahimi 397 · U.S. census
- Icard 609 · U.S. census
- Icart 132 · U.S. census
- Iehl 145 · U.S. census
- Iffrig 146 · U.S. census
- Igel 449 · U.S. census
- Iglesias 10,546 · U.S. census
- Ignace 193 · U.S. census
- Ignaczak 135 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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