Schrader
Schrader is a family name very common roughly within the Triangle Hannover-Hamburg-Berlin within Germany (so-called "Eastfalia", part of today's states of Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt). It means tailor.[1] Carriers of this name have spread all over the world due to emigration from Germany. It is especially common in the United States, but there are also occurrences in France, Britain, and the Netherlands.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 49.6% of all known bearers of the surname Schrader were residents of Germany (frequency 1:2,951), 41.6% of the United States (1:15,829), 1.6% of Canada (1:42,055), 1.3% of the Netherlands (1:24,220), 1.2% of South Africa (1:81,656) and 1.0% of Australia (1:44,272).
In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:2,951) in the following states:[2]
- 1. Lower Saxony (1:674)
- 2. Saxony-Anhalt (1:890)
- 3. Bremen (1:1,494)
- 4. Hamburg (1:1,579)
- 5. Schleswig-Holstein (1:1,909)
People
- August Schrader (inventor) (1807–1894), inventor of "Schrader valve" for bicycle and auto tires
- Bernhard Schrader (1931–2012), German chemist, pioneer of Raman spectroscopy
- Bertha Schrader (1845-1920), German painter, lithographer, and woodblock print-maker
- Carol Schrader (born 1951), American TV presenter
- Clement Schrader (1820–1875), German Jesuit theologian
- David Schrader (born 1952), American harpsichordist, organist, and fortepianist
- Dicken Schrader (born 1973), Colombian-American video artist
- Eberhard Schrader (1836–1908), German orientalist
- Ed Schrader, American academic and university administrator
- Friedrich Schrader (1865–1922), German-Ottoman translator, orientalist and writer
- Gerhard Schrader (1903–1990), German chemist
- Gus Schrader (1895–1941), American racecar driver
- Heinrich Schrader (botanist) (1767–1836), German botanist
- Heinrich Schrader (sportsman) (1893–1980), Australian footballer and cricketer
- Hermann T. Schrader (1860–1934), Australian pianist, violinist and cellist
- Hilde Schrader (1910–1966), German swimmer
- Jim Schrader (1932–1972), American football player
- Julius Schrader (1815–1900), German painter
- Ken Schrader (born 1955), American racecar driver
- Kurt Schrader (born 1951), American politician
- Leonard Schrader (1943–2006), American screenwriter and director
- Libbie Schrader, American musician
- Maria Schrader (born 1965), German actress
- Otto Schrader (philologist) (1855–1919), German philologist
- Otto von Schrader (1888–1945), German naval officer
- Paul Schrader (born 1946), American film director
See also
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References
- ^ Patrick Hanks (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. p. 300. ISBN 978-0-19-977169-1.
- ^ Schrader surname distribution
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