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Sada Name Meaning

Galician: habitational name from the town of Sada in A Coruña province Galicia (Spain). Italian (southern): derivative of the Arabic personal name Saad . Italian: nickname from the archaic word sada denoting a kind of semi-precious green gemstone. Italian: habitational name from a place called Sada in the province of Turin. Polish: occupational name for a fruit grower or topographic name for someone who lived by an orchard from a derivative of Polish sad ‘orchard’ or sadzić ‘to plant’. Polish (Sąda): occupational name for a court official from Polish sądzić ‘to judge’ or sąd ‘court of justice’.7: Assyrian/Chaldean: from a personal name based on Syriac sada ‘witness martyr’.8: Japanese: variously written usually phonetically 佐田 ‘help’ and ‘rice paddy’ and often pronounced Sata. This is a common placename throughout Japan. Some bearers of the surname have Minamoto connections.

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


Similar surnames: Sama, Sala, Rada, Sawa, Seda, Hada, Lada, Sadek, Tada, Soda

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You can see how Sada families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Sada family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1851 and 1920. The most Sada families were found in USA in 1920. In 1891 there were 3 Sada families living in London. This was about 38% of all the recorded Sada's in United Kingdom. London and 1 other county had the highest population of Sada families in 1891.
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What did your Sada ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, Unpaid Domestic Duties was the top reported job for people in the United Kingdom named Sada. 100% of Sada women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties. .

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*We display top occupations by gender to maintain their historical accuracy during times when men and women often performed different jobs.

Top Female Occupations In 1939

  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
    100%
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There are 350 military records available for the last name Sada. For the veterans among your Sada ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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Between 1964 and 2004, in the United States, Sada life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1987, and highest in 2001. The average life expectancy for Sada in 1964 was 82, and 56 in 2004.

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