Meaning of the surname Alvarado
Alvarado is a Spanish surname of the from a place type meaning "from Alvarado". It is one of the 200 most common surnames in Mexico. Pedro de Alvarado, Cortés's lieutenant.
Taken from a town, region, or landscape feature in Spain, or later in Mexico: Castillo (castle), Rivera (riverbank), Navarro (from Navarre), Ibarra (Basque valley).
In Mexico a person carries two surnames, the father's and then the mother's, so Alvarado appears as either half of a pair: Alvarado García, López Alvarado. Read how the two-surname system works.