Prado (surname)
Encyclopedia
- Prado is ranked 2,358 out of 88,799 in the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. - There are approximately 9,553 people with the surname Prado in SpainSpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, making it the 490th most common in the country. - The name is commonly found in Italy, France and Brazil and is a derivative of PratoPrato (disambiguation)Prato may refer to:-Places:Italy*Prato, a city of Tuscany, seat of the homonymous province...
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About the 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. PradoEdward C. PradoEdward Charles Prado is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.- Background :Prado was born in San Antonio, Texas on June 7, 1947...
, a U.S. appeals court judge - Paulo Silas do Prado Pereira, a former Brazilian football (soccer) player
- Guilherme de Almeida PradoGuilherme de Almeida PradoGuilherme de Almeida Prado is a Brazilian film director.Graduated in civil engineering while at the same time doing movies...
, 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 PradoMariano Ignacio PradoMariano Ignacio Prado Ochoa was twice the President of Peru, from 1865 to 1868 and 1876 to 1879).-Biography:Born in Huánuco in 1826, he entered the army at an early age and served in the provinces of Southern Peru....
, Peruvian politician - Miguelanxo PradoMiguelanxo PradoMiguelanxo Prado is a Spanish comic book creator. He was born in A Coruña, Galicia in 1958.-Biography:Prado studied architecture, wrote novels and painted before his career in comics....
, a GalicianGalicianGalician can refer to:* Something of, from, or related to Galicia * Galician language* Galician people, an ethnic group of Galicia, Spain* Galician wine, wine produced in Galicia, Spain*Galician cuisine- See also :* Galicia...
(Spain) comic book creator - Martín PradoMartín PradoMartín Manuel Prado is a professional baseball player who currently plays for the Atlanta Braves....
, a Venezuelan baseball player - Perez PradoPerez PradoDámaso Pérez Prado was a Cuban bandleader, musician , and composer. He is often referred to as the 'King of the Mambo'.His orchestra was the most popular in mambo...
, a Cuban bandleader