The Kada surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 212 people carried this name — #87,663 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is up 28% from 165 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 174 people named Kada.
Most of them — 88 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Paris.
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 128 people named Kada 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
38 people named Kada 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).
Who carried it
People named Kada,
with a public archive behind them.
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Kada no Azumamaro 1669–1736 · writer -
Mihály Kada 1827–1894 · local politician -
Elek Kada 1852–1913 · politician -
Kada no Arimaro 1706–1751
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Alajos Kada 1882–1967 · painter
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Tetsuji Kada 1895–1964 · sociologist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kada.
- Kaczka 255 · U.S. census
- Kaczmarczyk 1,275 · U.S. census
- Kaczmarek 4,052 · U.S. census
- Kaczmarski 704 · U.S. census
- Kaczor 1,711 · U.S. census
- Kaczorowski 839 · U.S. census
- Kader 969 · U.S. census
- Kadi 334 · U.S. census
- Kadiri 227 · U.S. census
- Kadri 563 · U.S. census
- Kaelin 2,590 · U.S. census
- Kaempf 257 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Kada is.
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