McDade

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

McDade is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Daibheid (see McDevitt).

rarermore common
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 32K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 47K
  • CACanada≈1 in 51K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)

≈22,000 people, est.

Sources
357 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 11K (inferred from the name graph)

Pakistan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Daibheid (see McDevitt). 550

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

McDade counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where McDade is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PK Pakistan≈22,000 est.≈1 in 11K—McDade1
US United States7,1191 in 47K7.1KMcDade357
GB United Kingdom≈2,100 est.≈1 in 32K—McDade152
CA Canada≈730 est.≈1 in 51K—McDade76
IT Italy≈630 est.≈1 in 99K—McDade7
IE Ireland≈170 est.≈1 in 31K—McDade22
NZ New Zealand≈150 est.≈1 in 33K—McDade20
SM San Marino≈3 est.≈1 in 11K—McDade2

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000George Manning McDade, b. 1893Robert McDade, b. 1922Joseph M. McDade, b. 1931Joe Billy McDade, b. 1937James McDade, b. 1946Lucinda A. McDade, b. 1953Sandy McDade, b. 1964Von McDade, b. 1967Thornton McDade, b. 1980Wayne McDade, b. 1981

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 11 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting McDade
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020107.1K#4,945
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020006.8K#4,772
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020206.7K#5,057
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 4

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name McDade come from?
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Daibheid (see McDevitt). 550 Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
What does the name McDade mean?
Recorded meaning: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Daibheid (see McDevitt).
What are other forms of the name McDade?
In the etymology graph, McDaid is a form of the same name in other languages.
In which country does McDade have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 22 thousand people named McDade in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mcdade.
How common is the name McDade?
In the United States, the national register counted 7,119 people named McDade in 2010, about 1 in 47 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “McDade”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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