Last Name ADY

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The son of Adam, from the nickname Ad, Ade, or Addy.
Origin English, Irish, Haitian, Hungarian

Rank 35,522 (2000 US census) 75,629 (1990 US census)
Count 599 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 91.15%, or 546 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 2.84%, or 17 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 3.34%, or 20 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.34%, or 8 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

 How does one estimate/guess that number? The first source that comes to mind is the result of the latest available census. We know that 2000 year census presents us with a little over 150,000 unique surnames. The least po...

English surnames

 English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

American Surnames

 One could claim that American surnames are very straightforward to describe and identify. Due to the way this country was formed, having people coming here from all over the world, the surnames simply represent all those people of different nationalities. So, we are don...

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