Prada History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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In Spain, hereditary surnames were adopted according to fairly general rules and during the late Middle Ages, names that were derived from localities became increasingly widespread. The original bearer of the name Prada, which is a local surname, once lived, held land, or was born in the beautiful region of Spain. Local names originally denoted the proprietorship of the village or estate. The Prada family originally lived in one of the places named Prado, which are found scattered throughout the Spanish provinces. There are numerous villages and towns named Prado in the provinces of Old Castile, Galicia, and Castile. The place-name Prado is derived from the Spanish word prado, which means meadow.

Early Origins of the Prada family

The surname Prada was first found in Galicia, in the northwestern region of Spain.

Early History of the Prada family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Prada research. Another 356 words (25 lines of text) covering the years 1037, 1139, 1184, 1386, 1430 and 1691 are included under the topic Early Prada History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Prada Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Prado, de Prado, del Prado, Prada, de Prada, de la Prada, Prados, Pradas, Pradilla, Pradillo, Prades, de Prades, Pradera, Prat and many more.

Early Notables of the Prada family

Prominent among members of the family was Margarita de Prades (1386-1430), wife of the last Aragonese King, Martin I; sixteenth century Spanish painter Blas de Prado; Juan de Prado y Mármol, created Count of Belmonte in...
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Prada Ranking

In the United States, the name Prada is the 18,040^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Prada migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Prada Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Pedro Prada, who landed in Peru in 1837 2
Damaso Prada, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1870 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Prada (post 1700) +

Miuccia Bianchi Prada (b. 1949), Italian billionaire fashion designer and businesswoman, head designer of Prada and the founder of its subsidiary Miu, as of March 2019, Forbes estimates her net worth at US$2.4 billion
Ágatha Ruíz de la Prada (b. 1960), Spanish fashion designer
Manuel González Prada, Peruvian writer
Jaya Prada (b. 1962), Indian film actress and politician
Raúl G Prada, Bolivian painter
Antonio J Prada, business executive
Carlos Prada Sanmiguel (1939-2013), Colombian Roman Catholic Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Duitama-Sogamoso, Colombia (1994-2012)

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)