Andrade surname meaning

Andrade is chiefly a Galician and Portuguese habitational surname from places named Andrade. The best-known tradition points to San Martiño de Andrade near Pontedeume in Galicia, a locality associated with a medieval estate or lineage. Older explanations connect the place name with Andreas, a personal name ultimately related to the Greek word for “man,” but that layer does not make every Andrade a direct “son of Andreas.” De Andrade and Andrada are documentary neighbors. Place is the high-confidence catalog type because the locality-based surname history is strong, even though separate families could acquire the name from different Iberian places or estates.