Where did the last name Andrade originate from?

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Where did the last name Andrade originate from?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Origins Available: Spanish

Where did the Spanish Andrade family come from? What is the Spanish coat of arms/family crest? When did the Andrade family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the history of the family name?

Spelling Variations of this family name include: Andrada, Andrade, d'Andrada, d'Andrade and others.

First found in Galicia, in the northwestern region of the Iberian peninsula.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Among those who settled in the New World were Maria Mejia de Peralta Andrada, who arrived in New Spain in 1581; Jose Anto Andrada, who settled in Texas in 1835.

Some noteworthy people of the name Andrade

* Juan Carlos Mosqueda Andrade (b. 1985), Mexican football player
* In㡣io Jos㩠Esteves Rebello de Andrade, Brazilian poet

Origins Available: Italian

Spelling Variations of this family name include: Andrada, Andrado, Andradi, Andreadi, Andreado, Adreado, Andreotti, Androtti, Andreati and many more.

First found in Taranto a seaport in Apulia and capital of the province of Lecce.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Maria Mejia de Peralta Andrada who arrived in New Spain in 1581; Jose Anto Andrada who settled in Texas in 1835; and Martin Andrada who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1860.

Andrade
Galician and Portuguese: habitational name from any of numerous places in Galicia and Portugal named Andrade, perhaps originally villa Andr(e)ati ??estate of a man named Andreas??.