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Lada Surname Meaning

Polish (mainly Łada) and Czech (Moravian): from a short form of the Polish personal name Ładysław Czech Ladislav both from Vladislav (Latinized as Ladislaus) a Slavic name composed of the elements vlad ‘to rule’ (from Old Slavic vlasti later vladati) + slav ‘glory’ or ‘famous’ (from slava ‘glory’).

Compare 2 below. Hungarian: from Lad(a) a short form of the personal name Ladomér a Hungarian form of Slavic Vladimir (see Lado 2 compare 1 above).

Hungarian (Láda): metonymic occupational name for a joiner from Hungarian láda ‘box’ from Middle High German lade ‘box coffin’.

Czech: topographic name from lada ‘heath’.

Altered form of American French Leday 1.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

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You can see how Lada families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Lada family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1851 and 1920. The most Lada families were found in USA in 1920. In 1891 there were 8 Lada families living in Devon. This was about 44% of all the recorded Lada's in United Kingdom. Devon had the highest population of Lada families in 1891.

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What is the average Lada lifespan?

Between 1944 and 2004, in the United States, Lada life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1956, and highest in 2002. The average life expectancy for Lada in 1944 was 44, and 80 in 2004.

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