Andrade Surname

454th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,148,936 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Cape Verde

Andrade Surname Definition:

One who came from Andrade (road of the women), in Spain; descendant of Andres, Spanish form of Andrew (manly).

The latin root "andreas" suggests "domain of the strong."

Found in Galicia, Castile, Estremadura, and Guadalajara.

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Andrade Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil503,8301:42557
Mexico154,5391:803129
Ecuador61,4981:25922
Angola55,4111:48783
United States53,2811:6,803801
Colombia44,5561:1,072234
Venezuela41,4741:728143
Mozambique39,5511:689151
Portugal31,4111:33255
Philippines27,3981:3,695276
Chile20,7721:848192
Peru16,6261:1,912316
Argentina15,8591:2,695349
Honduras12,3761:712166
Bolivia11,0901:957201
Spain11,0741:4,222520
El Salvador9,0061:704146
Cape Verde7,5791:7016
East Timor4,5111:27071
Guatemala4,1011:3,922574
Panama3,1201:1,254213
France2,8341:23,4382,739
India2,4881:308,30617,256
Canada2,4571:14,9962,202
Nicaragua1,7451:3,450456
Uruguay1,5721:2,183260
England9981:55,8306,764
Costa Rica7461:6,408428
São Tomé and Príncipe7451:23854
Cuba6571:17,5381,160
Australia5271:51,2256,350
Saudi Arabia3981:77,52710,981
Germany3381:238,18226,184
Switzerland3321:24,7383,884
Jamaica3221:8,9131,005
South Africa3151:171,99319,060
Malawi2881:59,4418,056
Dominican Republic2541:41,0752,198
Netherlands2011:84,01614,004
Thailand1901:371,78165,303
Morocco1701:202,80134,956
Paraguay1671:43,3341,315
Italy1661:368,41442,786
Indonesia1591:831,75662,946
Singapore1461:37,7241,403
Bahrain1321:10,2171,962
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Luxembourg1211:4,798674
Belgium1041:110,54516,500
Zimbabwe731:211,48324,106
Kuwait671:56,7276,926
Senegal601:242,9891,529
Aruba511:2,029300
United Arab Emirates501:183,24512,955
Belize441:8,0791,169
Scotland421:127,4727,985
Ireland371:127,2696,194
Guam371:4,328556
Guernsey371:1,742400
Seychelles351:2,640506
Russia341:4,238,913201,756
Denmark331:171,05214,584
New Zealand301:150,94417,319
Norway301:171,41020,526
Puerto Rico301:118,3381,718
Sweden301:328,22522,987
Northern Ireland261:70,9635,105
Namibia261:92,6698,353
Jersey251:3,968780
Cayman Islands221:2,904371
Wales211:147,35910,403
Japan171:7,520,25343,528
Iraq161:2,188,85319,343
China151:91,154,7714,767
Estonia151:88,12015,474
Iceland141:27,1492,069
Czechia121:886,12273,425
Israel111:777,96750,646
Ivory Coast111:2,097,38537,425
Greece101:1,107,97984,839
Lebanon101:563,70813,499
Oman101:368,7975,193
Poland101:3,800,875132,137
Madagascar91:2,627,7603,802
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Swaziland91:144,244719
Malaysia81:3,686,778134,908
Austria71:1,216,49180,919
Belarus71:1,357,29483,128
Bermuda71:9,3261,286
Finland71:785,24338,644
Monaco71:5,295668
Afghanistan61:5,358,86425,178
Guyana61:127,0377,965
Hong Kong51:1,467,0975,611
Taiwan51:4,688,94927,695
Curaçao41:39,312638
Equatorial Guinea41:283,918487
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Suriname41:138,1547,029
Andorra31:27,9461,499
Bahamas31:130,5841,472
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Albania21:1,457,02824,967
Armenia21:1,465,09016,492
Burkina Faso21:9,176,05023,741
Congo21:2,494,54828,763
Cook Islands21:9,0901,387
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Haiti21:5,341,95421,336
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
Lithuania21:1,517,29435,813
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Comoros11:749,524685
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Eritrea11:4,751,901911
Falkland Islands11:3,132317
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Guinea-Bissau11:1,728,021323
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Macau11:601,6301,582
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Palau11:21,643223
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Tonga11:107,313791
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England481:507,82027,631
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States721:697,48245,119

The alternate forms: Andráde (3), Ándrade (1), Andràde (1) & Andradé (1) are calculated separately.

Andrade (5,142) may also be a first name.

Andrade Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

One who came from Andrade (road of the women), in Spain; descendant of Andres, Spanish form of Andrew (manly).

The latin root "andreas" suggests "domain of the strong."

Found in Galicia, Castile, Estremadura, and Guadalajara. Derived from Spanish "andrado" - a stepchild.

Galician family from Betanzos, a descendant of one of five knights who forcefully brought the leader, don Mendo de Rausona.

Spanish Surnames In The Southwestern United States (1978) by Richard Donovon Woods

User-submitted Reference

Andrade: It means "the Galician realm of topônimo" or "reference to the new Jews."

Andrade is a surname that appeared in the region of Galicia, this onomástica in the Portuguese language as a name of toponymic origin, ie, based on a region or locality.

The name would come up with an important family who lived in the town of Andrade, the kingdom of Galicia, where it is currently located the city of Pontedeume.

Among the Portuguese, the Andrade surname is present from the fourteenth century, according to historical records. However, it is estimated that the first family name is to possess this twelfth century.

The Andrade surname gained notoriety thanks to the figure of five riders, belonging to the family that lived in the parish Andrade, and went through Spain during the war of the Moors.

Already the Andrade family of Portugal and Brazil descended from Nuno Freire de Andrade, Master of the Order of Christ, who lived in the early years of the fourteenth century.

Some theories suggest that the Andrade name has Jewish origin from Jewish communities that inhabited the Iberian Peninsula.

Originally, the Andrade family also used the surname Freire inseparably, like a unique name, or forming Andrade Freire Freire de Andrade.

- gabrieldeandrade

This surname is of Romanian origin meaning 'queen of God that slays life'.

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Andrade Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Andrade Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Andrade (Arabic: اندراد, Hindi: अन्द्रादे, Marathi: अंादे, Russian: Андраде) occurs most in Brazil. It may also occur as a variant: Andráde, Ándrade, Andràde or Andradé. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Andrade? popularity and diffusion

It is the 454th most frequently used family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 6,343 people. The surname Andrade is primarily found in The Americas, where 84 percent of Andrade are found; 62 percent are found in South America and 44 percent are found in Luso-South America. Andrade is also the 94,531st most frequently occurring given name in the world. It is borne by 5,142 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is carried by 503,830 people, or 1 in 425. In Brazil it is most numerous in: São Paulo, where 20 percent live, Bahia, where 12 percent live and Minas Gerais, where 12 percent live. Barring Brazil it exists in 154 countries. It is also found in Mexico, where 13 percent live and Ecuador, where 5 percent live.

Andrade Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Andrade has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Andrade last name rose 74,001 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 2,079 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Andrade Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Melkite Greek Catholic (67%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those bearing the Andrade last name are 43.43% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 96.66% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Andrade earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 73.59% less than the national average, earning €7,932 per year; in Norway they earn 17.57% less than the national average, earning 285,282 kr per year; in Peru they earn 14.99% more than the national average, earning S/. 22,291 per year; in South Africa they earn 167.93% more than the national average, earning R 636,696 per year; in Colombia they earn 9% less than the national average, earning $20,659,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 8.71% less than the national average, earning $39,390 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.5% more than the national average, earning $50,924 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Andrade Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Andrade in the Hindi language
अन्द्रादेandrade50
आन्द्रादेandrade50
Andrade in the Marathi language
अंादेamade48.81
अंाडेamade11.11
अन्ाडेanade8.33
आंादेamade5.16
आंाडेamade4.37
अन्ादेanade2.78
अंन्ादेannade2.38
अनाडेanade2.38
ऍन्ाडेenade2.38
अन्डराडेandarade1.59
अँण्ाडेamnade1.19
ऍन्डाडेendade1.19
अॅन्हाडेaenhade0.79
अनडारेडanadareda0.79
आंन्ादेannade0.79
ऐन्हाडेainhade0.4
अंददेandade0.4
अंदरादेandarade0.4
अंदराडेandarade0.4
अंदरडेandarade0.4
Andrade in the Russian language
Андрадеandrade-
Andrade in the Arabic language
اندرادandrad-
اندراديandrady-

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Andrade Reference & Research

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