Collado History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Spain

The noble surname Collado is of Spanish descent, and appears to be of local origin.Like most Spanish surnames, it is derived from the name of a place where a man once lived or where he once owned land. In this case, the surname would simply mean "dweller by the mountain- pass," "collado" being the Spanish word for such a feature.

Early Origins of the Collado family

The surname Collado was first found in the ancient kingdom of Castille, near the city of Segovia.

Early History of the Collado family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Collado research. Another 100 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1600, 1619 and 1638 are included under the topic Early Collado History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Collado Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Collada, Collados and others.

Early Notables of the Collado family

Prominent among bearers of the Collado family name at this time was

Diego Collado (died 1638) a Spanish Christian missionary from Miajadas, Extremadura who entered the Dominican Order at Salamanca around 1600, and in 1619 went to Japan

Collado Ranking

In the United States, the name Collado is the 4,455^th most popular surname with an estimated 7,461 people with that name. 1 However, in France, the name Collado is ranked the 4,144^th most popular surname with an estimated 1,500 - 2,000 people with that name. 2

Collado migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Collado Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Miguel Collado, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1860 3
Lorenzo Collado, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1883 3

Contemporary Notables of the name Collado (post 1700) +

Yarisley Collado Lufriu (b. 1985), Cuban female silver medalist discus thrower at the 2009 Central American and Caribbean Championships
Jesús Fernández Collado (b. 1988), Spanish footballer
Berta Collado (b. 1979), Spanish television presenter and journalist
Monsignor Agripino Núñez Collado (1933-2022), Dominican Roman Catholic clergyman and scholar from the Dominican Republic
Alexei Collado Acosta (b. 1988), Cuban flyweight boxer, the Junior World Champion in 2006
Armando José Collado Lanuza (b. 1985), Salvadoran-born, Nicaraguan footballer
Norberto Collado Abreu (1921-2008), Cuban captain and helmsman of the yacht Granma, which ferried Fidel Castro and his supporters to Cuba from Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico, in 1956

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
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)