Find out how popular the last name Hadash is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Hadash.

Hadash, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Hadash surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Hadash in America

Hadash is the 142108th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Hadash surname appeared 117 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Hadash.

We can also compare 2010 data for Hadash to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Hadash

The surname HADASH is of Jewish origin, with its roots tracing back to the Middle Ages in Central and Eastern Europe. It is derived from the Hebrew word "chadash," which means "new" or "fresh." The name likely originated as a descriptive surname, referring to someone who had recently arrived in a particular area or was considered a newcomer.

In the 13th century, the name HADASH was recorded in the Rhineland region of Germany, where a small Jewish community resided. One of the earliest recorded bearers of this surname was Rabbi Yitzchak ben Avraham HADASH, a prominent scholar who lived in the city of Mainz during the late 12th and early 13th centuries.

The HADASH surname also appears in various historical records from Poland and Ukraine, where large Jewish populations settled during the Middle Ages. In the 16th century, a Jewish merchant named Shlomo HADASH was mentioned in the records of the city of Lviv, which was then part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

As Jews migrated across Europe during the subsequent centuries, the HADASH surname spread to other regions, including Italy and the Netherlands. In the 17th century, a Jewish physician named Moshe HADASH was noted for his medical treatises published in Venice.

One of the most notable bearers of the HADASH surname was Rabbi Yechezkel HADASH, a renowned Talmudic scholar and Kabbalist who lived in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. He was born in Safed, a city in the Galilee region of modern-day Israel, and his works on Jewish mysticism and ethics had a significant influence on subsequent generations of Jewish thinkers.

Another notable figure was Raphael HADASH, a Jewish philosopher and mathematician who lived in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. He was born in Venice and is best known for his contributions to the development of algebraic notation and his works on the philosophy of mathematics.

In the 19th century, the HADASH surname was also found among Jews living in North Africa, particularly in Morocco and Algeria. One example is Rabbi Yaakov HADASH, a prominent religious leader and scholar who lived in the city of Fez, Morocco, during the mid-19th century.

While the HADASH surname has its roots in the Jewish diaspora of Central and Eastern Europe, it has since spread across the globe, carried by various waves of Jewish migration and settlement. Despite its geographic dispersion, the name remains a testament to the rich cultural heritage and resilience of the Jewish people.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Hadash

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Hadash.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Hadash was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Hadash has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Hadash was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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