Granado
A Spanish surname most likely taken from the granado, the pomegranate tree.
The #6,739 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 61,700 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Granado is a Spanish surname connected with the word for the pomegranate tree, granado, and ultimately with granada, the pomegranate fruit. The name can therefore have been applied as a topographic or house-name surname, referring to someone living near such a tree or place associated with it. The ultimate root is Latin granatum, from granum, “grain” or “seed,” a fitting source for the many-seeded fruit.
History
Spanish surname lists and onomastic works often treat Granado alongside other tree and plant-based surnames. It is found in Spain and in Spanish-speaking communities abroad, including the Americas. Because surnames from plants and trees were common in Iberian naming, several independent families may have adopted it separately.
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Fun fact
The same root behind Granado also lies behind the Spanish word granada, and by extension the pomegranate-inspired name of the city of Granada is often discussed in the same word family.
From the historical record
“yero, Vaquero, Cabañero, Colmenero, Abejero; o de las flores, árboles, frutas i plantas, como Flor, Rosa, Clavel, Moral, Manzano, Peral, Granado, Alamo, Encina, Robles, Pino, Espino, Acebo, Acebedo, Ciruelo, Nogueras, Olmo, Morera, Parra, Sarmiento, Viñas, Olivares, Mata, Romero, Aliaga, Melon, Trigo, Gal, Berza…”
— Diccionario de los apellidos