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The Rade surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 277 people carried this name — #70,645 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is up 6% from 261 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 244 people named Rade.

4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 4
Seine-Maritime 99
Mayenne 31
Sarthe 24
Somme 20
Rhône 12
Loir-et-Cher 10
Indre-et-Loire 7
Côte-d’Or 5

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 58 people named Rade 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 Buenos Aires Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 43
Salta 15

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

34 people named Rade live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Graubünden.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Graubünden 14
St. Gallen 6
Aargau 5
Zurich 5
Appenzell Ausserrhoden 4

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In the Nordic population registers

20 people named Rade is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 20

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 Rade,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Emil Rade 1832–1931 · writer
  • Lambertus Rade 1850–1939 · military personnel
  • Martin Rade 1857–1940 · politician
  • J. Rade 1913–1988 · botanist
  • J. Rade 1913–1988 · botanist
  • Kees Rade 1954– · ambassador

Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

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