The Granado surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,004 people carried this name — #6,739 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 58,800 people counted. That is up 19% from 4,208 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Granado surname
Borrowed from Spanish Granado. This surname is mostly found in Venezuela.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Granado» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 2,296 people named Granado live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 87 people named Granado.
37 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
23 people named Granado live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Landschaft.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Granado in American newspapers,
1890–1917.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,501 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Granado,
with a public archive behind them.
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Lily Granado 1922–1960 · actor -
Sir James Granado d. 1557 · courtier
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Sebastián Granado 1505–1599
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Jaime Granado 1571–1632 · philosopher
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Santiago del Granado, 1st Count of Cotoca 1757–1823 · military physician
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Francisco María del Granado 1835–1895 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Granado.
- Grall 578 · U.S. census
- Gramaglia 182 · U.S. census
- Gramlich 1,469 · U.S. census
- Grammatico 416 · U.S. census
- Grammont 108 · U.S. census
- Gran 1,900 · U.S. census
- Granados 26,187 · U.S. census
- Granat 715 · U.S. census
- Granata 2,588 · U.S. census
- Granato 1,166 · U.S. census
- Grand 2,032 · U.S. census
- Grandchamp 470 · U.S. census
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