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The Spada surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,887 people carried this name — #15,508 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 156,300 people counted. That is up 2% from 1,850 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Spada surname

From spada (“sword”), either a metonymic occupational surname for a sword-maker or a nickname for someone who used to always carry a sword.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Spada» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 977 people named Spada 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.

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Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 451
Córdoba 179
City of Buenos Aires 114
Santa Fe 75
Entre Ríos 74
La Pampa 62
Neuquén 12
Mendoza 10

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 259 people named Spada.

88 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 37 départements, most often Var.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 88
Var 41
Alpes-Maritimes 13
Haute-Garonne 11
Paris 11
Bas-Rhin 11
Côte-d’Or 8
Bouches-du-Rhône 7
Corsica 6

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

196 people named Spada live in Switzerland.

They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Ticino 42
Zurich 28
Aargau 24
Geneva 20
Bern 18
Vaud 11
Thurgau 9
Basel-Stadt 7

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 print

Spada in American newspapers,
1897–1909.

Newspaper page from Le Messager carrying the name Spada
Le Messager 1898-02-01
Newspaper page from La Democracia carrying the name Spada
La Democracia 1897-11-03
Newspaper page from The Pacific Commercial Advertiser carrying the name Spada
The Pacific Commercial Advertiser 1909-09-12

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 13,999 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Spada,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Leonello Spada
    Leonello Spada 1576–1622 · painter
  • Bernardino Spada
    Bernardino Spada 1594–1661 · Catholic priest
  • Giambattista Spada
    Giambattista Spada 1597–1675 · Catholic priest
  • Olimpia Spada d. 1820 · aristocrat
  • Lorenzo Spada d. 1544 · Catholic priest
  • Romi Spada d. 2004 · bobsledder

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

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