The Prado surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 23,436 people carried this name — #1,533 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 12,600 people counted. That is up 33% from 17,586 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Prado surname
Borrowed from Portuguese and Spanish Prado.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Prado» (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 19,792 people named Prado 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 404 people named Prado.
42 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 45 départements, most often Morbihan.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
148 people named Prado live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 the Nordic population registers
48 people named Prado is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Prado in American newspapers,
1878–1961.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 35,678 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Prado,
with a public archive behind them.
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Juan de Prado 1563–1631 · missionary -
Diego Elizondo Prado 1779–1852 · politician -
Casiano de Prado 1797–1866 · geologist -
Mariano Ignacio Prado 1826–1901 · politician -
Miguel Rafael Prado Prado 1830–1905 · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 223 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Prado.
When the index is not enough
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