Madrazo
Encyclopedia
Madrazo is a Spanish surname:
  • Carlos Madrazo
    Carlos A. Madrazo
    Carlos Alberto Madrazo Becerra was a reformist Mexican politician.Madrazo was born on the ranchería of Parrilla, in the state of Tabasco, to Píoquinto Madrazo López, a businessman, and Concepción Becerra, a schoolteacher. His childhood was marked by poverty, but his mother taught him the will to...

    , Mexican
    Mexico
    The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

     politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

  • Roberto Madrazo
    Roberto Madrazo
    Roberto Madrazo Pintado is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party . He was the candidate of the alliance between his party and the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico in the 2006 Mexican presidential election.Madrazo was born in Villahermosa, Tabasco to Carlos A....

    , Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party
    Institutional Revolutionary Party
    The Institutional Revolutionary Party is a Mexican political party that held power in the country—under a succession of names—for more than 70 years. The PRI is a member of the Socialist International, as is the rival Party of the Democratic Revolution , making Mexico one of the few...

     (PRI), son of Carlos Madrazo
  • José de Madrazo y Agudo
    José de Madrazo y Agudo
    José de Madrazo y Agudo was a Spanish painter of the Neoclassic period. He was the father of Federico de Madrazo, ....

    , Spanish
    Spanish people
    The Spanish are citizens of the Kingdom of Spain. Within Spain, there are also a number of vigorous nationalisms and regionalisms, reflecting the country's complex history....

     painter
  • Federico de Madrazo, Spanish painter, son of Madrazo y Agudo
  • Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta
    Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta
    Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta was a Spanish realist painter.He studied painting under his father, Federico de Madrazo, and at the School of the Beaux Arts in Madrid. He was born in Rome, but after 1860 he lived mostly in Paris, where he studied under Léon Cogniet...

    , Spanish realist
    Realism (visual arts)
    Realism in the visual arts is a style that depicts the actuality of what the eyes can see. The term is used in different senses in art history; it may mean the same as illusionism, the representation of subjects with visual mimesis or verisimilitude, or may mean an emphasis on the actuality of...

     painter, son of Federico de Madrazo
  • Pablo Sierra Madrazo
    Pablo Sierra Madrazo
    Pablo Sierra Madrazo is a Spanish footballer who plays as a right winger.-External links:**...

    , Spanish footballer
  • Sergio Canales Madrazo
    Sergio Canales Madrazo
    Sergio Canales Madrazo is a Spanish footballer who plays for Valencia CF on loan from Real Madrid, as an attacking midfielder.-Racing Santander:...

    , Spanish footballer


Meaning

"Madrazo" comes from the Pas valley
Pas and Miera valleys
The Valleys of the Pas and Miera Rivers comprise an administrative comarca in Cantabria, Spain. It is formed by the valleys of said rivers, each one being a natural comarca of its own.-Pas valley:...

 in Cantabria
Cantabria
Cantabria is a Spanish historical region and autonomous community with Santander as its capital city. It is bordered on the east by the Basque Autonomous Community , on the south by Castile and León , on the west by the Principality of Asturias, and on the north by the Cantabrian Sea.Cantabria...

 and Espinosa de los Monteros
Espinosa de los Monteros
Espinosa de los Monteros is a municipality located in the province of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain, with a population of c. 2,100 inhabitants....

 in Burgos
Burgos
Burgos is a city of northern Spain, historic capital of Castile. It is situated at the edge of the central plateau, with about 178,966 inhabitants in the city proper and another 20,000 in its suburbs. It is the capital of the province of Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León...

, northern Spain. The origin of the name is unknown but in Spanish and Portuguese it is understood to refer the process by which the second wife of widower man takes care of the children of the deceased first wife.

People with Madrazo surname

Beside Spain, people with Madrazo surnames reside in Mexico, Brazil, Venzuela, Argentina, San Salvador and the Philippines. Yahoo's facebook list over 500 people with Madrazo surnames living in these countries. The early spread of the surname followed the expansion of Spanish colonization. Most of the people with Madrazo surnames in the Philippines have mixed Chinese and Malay blood stocks unlike most of the other Madrazos living in South America. Among the Madrazos in the Philippines was a Carlos Mortola Madrazo, a chemist and chemical engineer, who was once the Vice President for Surgar Processing of the Philippines Sugar Technologists Society, Inc. A Madrazo from the Philippines that immigrated to the United States is Gerardo Madrazo,Jr. PhD who retired aa a Clinical Professor in English and Math Lab from the University of North Carolina. Much earlier, the parents of Joel Madrazo in Bothel, Washington came to Hawaii from the Philippines. Also several people with Madrazo surnames in the Philippines are educators, clergies, businesspersons, technologists and skilled workers. Some of them have already branched themselves or immigrated to the United States, Australia and Iceland.
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