What is "andrade"

Originally, the name Andrade could have come from any of numerous places of the same name in Galicia or northern Portugal and several Andrades are known from documents dating back to the 12th century. Most likely, however, it originated in the small fief of San Martiño de Andrade ( St. Martin of Andrade) in Pontedeume, Ferrol and Vilalba, in Galicia, Spain, where the well-known aristocratic lineage of Andrade emerged in the low Middle Ages.
Sephardic Jews also took the name Andrade and D'Andrada as their surname.

Andrade is a Portuguese and Spanish (Galician) surname.

Andrade may also refer to:

• Nuestras Hijas de Regreso a Casa, founded in honor of kidnapping victim Lilia Alejandra Garcia Andrade
• Francisco Franco Bahamonde, pseudonym of screenwriter Jaime de Andrade
• Andrade, California
• Andrade, Lady of Goddess Keep, a character in Melanie Rawn's novels
• Edward Andrade, English physicist, writer, and poet.
• Marcelo Costa de Andrade, Brazilian serial killer