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

Shrader, 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 Shrader surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Shrader in America

Shrader is the 5109th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Shrader surname appeared 6,855 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 people would have the surname Shrader.

We can also compare 2010 data for Shrader 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 Shrader

The surname Shrader originated in Germany and dates back to the 12th century. It is derived from the Old High German word "schroten," which means "to cut" or "to shred." This suggests that the name may have been an occupational name for a woodcutter or a lumberjack.

The earliest known record of the name Shrader can be found in the Codex Diplomaticus, a collection of medieval documents from the region of Saxony, dating back to the year 1195. In this document, a man named Henricus Schroder is mentioned as a landowner in the town of Quedlinburg.

As the name spread across Germany, it took on various spellings such as Schrader, Schroder, and Schröder. One of the earliest recorded instances of the spelling "Shrader" can be found in the church records of the town of Büdingen in Hesse, which mentions a Johann Shrader who was born in 1624.

During the 18th and 19th centuries, many Germans emigrated to other parts of Europe and the Americas, and the name Shrader traveled with them. One notable bearer of the name was Johann Shrader (1771-1840), a German botanist and naturalist who published several works on the flora of Germany and the surrounding regions.

Another prominent individual with the surname Shrader was Friedrich Shrader (1759-1835), a German composer and music theorist who served as the court musician to the Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. His compositions included operas, symphonies, and chamber works.

In the United States, one of the earliest recorded instances of the name Shrader can be found in the records of the Pennsylvania Dutch community, where a Johann Shrader settled in the late 17th century after emigrating from the Palatinate region of Germany.

Over the centuries, the Shrader name has been associated with various place names, such as Schradermühle (Shrader's Mill) in Lower Saxony, Germany, and Schraderwalde (Shrader's Forest) in Hesse, Germany.

Other notable individuals with the surname Shrader include Johann Shrader (1738-1803), a German theologian and author of several religious texts, and Wilhelm Shrader (1854-1926), a German chemist and inventor who developed several important industrial processes.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Shrader

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

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

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