Collado
A Spanish surname most likely taken from collado, meaning a hill pass or elevated tract of land.
The #3,851 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 33,556 Americans shares it.
Etymology
The surname Collado comes from Spanish collado, a common place-word for a hill, rise, mountain pass, or upland slope. The word goes back to Latin collis, meaning 'hill.' As a surname, it would originally have identified someone who lived near such a place or came from a locality named with this word.
History
Collado is a well-established surname in Spanish-speaking areas and is especially common in Spain and Latin America. Like many Spanish topographic surnames, it likely began independently in multiple places where the local landscape supplied the name. The surname has spread widely through migration to the Americas and other Spanish diaspora communities.
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Fun fact
The same Spanish word collado is still used in geography today for a mountain pass or high ridge.
From the historical record
“tigua que servia para defender el cuello. Collado. Altura de tierra que no lleya ser monte. Collar. Adorno que ciñe i rodea el cuello. La cadena o cordon de que penden algunas insignias de honor. Collas. Plural de colla.”
— Diccionario de los apellidos