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

Shada, 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 Shada surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Shada in America

Shada is the 63698th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Shada surname appeared 313 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 Shada.

We can also compare 2010 data for Shada 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 Shada

The surname "SHADA" is believed to have originated in the Indian subcontinent, specifically in the regions of modern-day Pakistan and northern India. Its roots can be traced back to the ancient Sanskrit language, where the word "shad" or "shat" meant "six" or "sixfold." This linguistic connection suggests that the name may have been originally associated with numerology or the significance of the number six in ancient Indian culture.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname "SHADA" can be found in the historical records of the Mughal Empire, which ruled over large parts of the Indian subcontinent from the 16th to the 19th centuries. The name appears in several administrative documents and records from that period, indicating that it was already an established surname among certain communities in the region.

During the British colonial era in India, the surname "SHADA" was documented in various official records and census data. It was particularly prevalent among certain Muslim communities in the regions of Punjab and Kashmir. Some notable individuals bearing this surname from that period include Maulana Shaukat Ali Shada (1873-1938), a renowned Islamic scholar and one of the founders of the Khilafat Movement, and Mirza Shamsuddin Shada (1885-1961), a prominent poet and literary figure.

As people from the Indian subcontinent migrated to other parts of the world, the surname "SHADA" spread to various countries, including the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States. One of the earliest recorded instances of the name in the UK can be found in the records of the East India Company, where a man named Ismail Shada was listed as an employee in the early 19th century.

In more recent history, the surname "SHADA" has been associated with several notable individuals from various fields. These include Akhtar Shada (1934-2022), a renowned Pakistani lawyer and human rights activist; Khursheed Ahmed Shada (1923-2003), a Pakistani writer and literary critic; and Nadeem Shada (born 1962), a Pakistani cricketer who played for the national team in the 1980s and 1990s.

While the surname "SHADA" is relatively uncommon globally, it continues to hold cultural and historical significance, particularly within the South Asian diaspora communities around the world.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Shada

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

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 Shada 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 Shada 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 Shada was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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