The Schade surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,958 people carried this name — #8,365 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 74,600 people counted. That is down 1% from 4,009 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
125 people named Schade live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 53 people named Schade.
15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
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 Poland’s population register
53 people named Schade have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 87 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 6 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
35 people named Schade 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
Schade in American newspapers,
1865–1914.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Schade,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jasper Schade van Westrum 1623–1692 · politician -
Petrus Mosellanus 1493–1524 · theologian
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Beatrix Schade 1541–1591 · art collector
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Beatrix Schade 1541–1591 · art collector
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Daniel Schade 1558–1594 · preacher
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Magdalena Schade 1566–1642
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Schade.
- Schaad 1,209 · U.S. census
- Schaaf 5,375 · U.S. census
- Schaaff 136 · U.S. census
- Schaal 1,984 · U.S. census
- Schacher 889 · U.S. census
- Schacherer 218 · U.S. census
- Schaefer 41,063 · U.S. census
- Schaeffer 16,024 · U.S. census
- Schaer 778 · U.S. census
- Schaerer 155 · U.S. census
- Schaetzel 113 · U.S. census
- Schaetzle 223 · U.S. census
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