Alvarado
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Alvarado
Frequency: (10074)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Spanish: habitational name from a place in Badajoz province called Alvarado.
FOREBEARS: This name was taken to Latin America by Pedro de Alvarado (c.1485-1541), Spanish conquistador and companion of Hernán Cortés. He became governor of Tenochtitlán after the conquest of the Aztecs in Mexico.
GIVEN NAMES: Spanish 50%. Jose (300), Juan (140), Luis (98), Manuel (98), Carlos (94), Jesus (88), Francisco (80), Raul (64), Jorge (63), Pedro (59), Guadalupe (53), Mario (48).
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