Prado (surname)

• Prado is ranked 2,358 out of 88,799 in the United States.
• There are approximately 9,553 people with the surname Prado in Spain, making it the 490th most common in the country.
• The name is commonly found in Italy, France and Brazil and is a derivative of Prato.

Origin of the last name:

There are two known possible origins to the Prado surname.

The first one indicates the origin of the last name comes from Spain when the son of a noblewoman took the last name after the prado, Spanish word for field, where he was born.

The last name is also said to have an Italian origin, more specifically from the Island of Sicily, where records have been found that indicate the presence of a noble family in the 16th century by the last name Prado. Prado comes from a variation of prato (Italian word for field).

People

• Edward C. Prado, a U.S. appeals court judge
• Paulo Silas do Prado Pereira, a former Brazilian football (soccer) player
• Guilherme de Almeida Prado, a Brazilian film director (pt:Guilherme de Almeida Prado)
• Guilherme do Prado Raymundo, Brazilian professional football player
• José Antônio de Almeida Prado (born 1943), Brazilian composer
• Manuel Prado y Ugarteche, Peruvian politician
• Mariano Ignacio Prado, Peruvian politician
• Miguelanxo Prado, a Spanish comic book creator
• Martín Prado, a Venezuelan baseball player
• Dennis Joseph Estrada Prado (aka Prestige) (1990- ), smart, funny (like super funny), talented, good looking, fun to be around, dependable, humble, sensitive, articulate, bad boy, tough as nails, motivated, deticated, United States Marine, green belt oorah, no better friend, no worse enemy, and just all around awesome guy.

See also

• Prado (disambiguation)