De Mercado
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De Mercado is a Spanish surname. Although its exact moment of appearance is not known, it is believed to have first appeared around the Spanish provinces of Segovia and Valladolid. Its roots are most likely in Old Castile or Andalusia.[1] Some variants of the name are Mercado, de Mercado, deMercado, Demercado, and DeMercado. The name means 'market' in Spanish and goes back to Latin mercatus, with the same meaning. Although not a Portuguese surname, the de Mercado name can also be found in Portugal to a limited extent, as it was brought over there from Spain generations ago.
[edit] Some well-known (de) Mercados
- Arturo Mercado--Mexican voice actor
- Bernardo Mercado--Colombian heavy-weight boxer
- Charles Ernest deMercado--founder of the firm of Lascelles deMercado & Co, of Kingston, Jamaica
- Diego Fernández de Mercado--Spanish governor of Jamaica in 1586 (during Spanish rule)
- Emiliano Mercado del Toro--The second oldest fully validated male ever (Puerto Rico)
- Jadis Mercado--American experimental artist and musician
- Luis de Mercado--Doctor of King Don Felipe II of Spain
- Orlando Mercado--Puerto Rican baseball player
- Rodrigo de Mercado de Zuazola--Past President of Granada, bishop of Avila, and founder of the University of Oñati (Spain)
- Sergio Ramírez Mercado--Nicaraguan writer and intellectual
- Syesha Mercado--American singer
- Thorold DeMercado--Jamaican Artist
- Walter Mercado--Puerto Rican Astrologer
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Hispanic Heraldry (in Spanish) – Information about Hispanic surnames.
- History of the de Mercado surname (in Spanish)
- A Jamaican branch of the family (from Spain via Netherlands)
