The surname Prado
A Portuguese surname, carried by 23,436 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex P630
Origin
Portuguese origin
Borrowed from Portuguese and Spanish Prado.
One of 71 Portuguese surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 23,436 people named Prado in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 13,174 Americans. That is up 33% since 2000, when the Census counted 17,586.
Who is named Prado
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
89% of people named Prado identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.3% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 89%
- White (not Hispanic) 7.3%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 3.0%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
- Two or more races 0.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Famous Prados
10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Manuel Prado Ugarteche41st & 46th President of Peru (1889-1967)
- Tiago PradoBrazilian association football player, born 1984
- Eliseo PradoArgentine association football player (1929-2016)
- Ricardo PradoBrazilian swimmer, born 1965
- Gary Prado SalmónBolivian politician, 1938–2023
- Joana PradoBrazilian model, born 1976
- Lucas PradoBrazilian paralympic athlete, born 1985
- José Antônio Rezende de Almeida PradoBrazilian composer and pianist (1943–2010)
- João GilbertoBrazilian musician, pioneer of bossa nova (1931–2019)
- Mariana XimenesBrazilian actress, born 1981
Notable Prados come mostly from Brazil (6), Peru (1) and Argentina (1).
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Prado has the Soundex code P630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P630.
Other Portuguese surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Prado come from?
- Borrowed from Portuguese and Spanish Prado.
- How common is the surname Prado?
- 23,436 people in the United States had the surname Prado in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,174 Americans. It ranked 1,533rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Prado?
- In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Prado identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.3% as white (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Prado?
- Manuel Prado Ugarteche, 41st & 46th President of Peru (1889-1967), followed by Tiago Prado.
- Where is the surname Prado most common?
- Wikidata records people named Prado in Brazil, Peru and Argentina and 2 other countries.
- Is the surname Prado getting more or less common?
- More common. 17,586 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 23,436 in 2010, up 33%.