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The Schaad surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,209 people carried this name — #21,583 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 243,900 people counted. That is up 4% from 1,163 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

1,613 people named Schaad live in Switzerland.

They live in 24 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Bern 422
Solothurn 303
Zurich 272
Aargau 131
Basel-Landschaft 104
Schaffhausen 81
Thurgau 55
Vaud 45

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 Argentina’s national register

At least 71 people named Schaad 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 31
Santa Fe 26
Córdoba 14

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

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 54 people named Schaad.

7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 7
Bas-Rhin 12
Haut-Rhin 8
Paris 6
Haute-Saône 6
Doubs 5
Moselle 2
Yvelines 2
Bouches-du-Rhône 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

Who carried it

People named Schaad,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Johann Michael Schaad 1811– · politician
  • Samuel Schaad 1873–1940 · teacher
  • Reinhold Schaad 1884–1946 · composer
  • Hans Schaad 1890–1976 · artist
  • Rudolf Schaad 1901–1990 · film editor
  • Walter H. Schaad 1902–1990 · architect

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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