The Prados surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 370 people carried this name — #55,505 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted. That is up 9% from 338 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 881 people named Prados 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 78 people named Prados.
38 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Bouches-du-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
25 people named Prados live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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.
Who carried it
People named Prados,
with a public archive behind them.
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Emilio Prados 1899–1962 · writer -
Nicolás Prados López 1913–1990 · teacher -
Jesús Prados Arrarte 1909–1983 · economist
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John Prados 1951–2022 · historian
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Antonio Pérez Prados 1953– · university teacher
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Lourdes Prados Torreira 1958– · archaeologist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Prados.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Prados is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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