# Alvarado (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/alvarado/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 133,501 |
| US rank (2010) | 219 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 2,313 people |
| Change since 2000 | +42% (93,723 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Spanish Alvarado.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Alvarado in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 4.3% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 94% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Alvarado in the United States and Costa Rica.

## People named Alvarado

- Trini Alvarado, American actress
- Ventura Alvarado, American soccer player
- Don Alvarado, American actor, assistant film director, and film production manager (1904–1967)
- Alejandro Alvarado Jr., American soccer player
- Angela Alvarado, American actress/music director
- Katherine Alvarado, Association footballer
- Tylene Buck, American professional wrestler, valet and pornographic actress

## Similar surnames

Alvord, Alvardo, Alvarez, Alfaro, Alvarenga, Álvares, Alverson, Albarado, Alvear, Álvaro, Alviar, Albert.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.