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From a place surname · Spanish

Estrada

"paved road"

Say it

es-TRAH-dah

Where it comes from

estrada (highway), from Latin strata

Meaning of the surname Estrada

Estrada is a Spanish surname of the from a place type meaning "paved road". It is one of the 50 most common surnames in Mexico. Forty-ninth in Mexico.

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 Estrada appears as either half of a pair: Estrada García, López Estrada. Read how the two-surname system works.

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