A Spanish surname, Mercado comes from the Latin term ‘mercatus’ which means market trader. The spelling variations for Mercado include Mercadons, Mercadors, Meradoo, Mercados, Mercaddo, DeMercado and Demercado. In Spain the earliest De Mercado families were in the provinces of Valladolid and Segovia. Over the centuries many of the Mercado families resettled in Portugal and then into Columbia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Barbados and Nicaragua. In England the main location for those with the Mercado family name is in the city of London. Within the United States the Mercado name is lightly scattered in a few areas, mostly in Texas, New Mexico, California, Colorado and Arizona. Famous: Ericka S. Mercado (artist and musician from Mexico), Bernardo Mercado (professional boxer from Colombia), Syesha Mercado (singer), Orlando Mercado (professional baseball player from Puerto Rico), Jennylyn Mercado (actress and singer from the Philippines), Sergio Mercado (writer from Nicaragua) and Cesar Mercado (marathon runner from Puerto Rico).