Menezes, sometimes Meneses, was originally a Portuguese toponymic surname which originated in Montes Torozos, a region in Tierra de Campos, northeast of Valladolid and southeast of Palencia. The ancestor of the Meneses lineage was Tello Pérez de Meneses. The family wealth and power grew remarkably in the 13th and 14th centuries, through several marriages with the Castilian and Portuguese royal families.
Lopes is Portuguese and Galician surname. Origin: Germanic patronymic for son of Lopo, itself being derived from Latin lupus wolf. This surname occurs in other Romance variants, such as Spanish López, Italian Lupo, French Loup, and Romanian Lupu or Lupescu.
Carvalho, meaning 'oak', is a Portuguese surname. Origin: Celtic toponymic, from (s)kerb(h)/karb.
Pires is a common surname in the Portuguese language, namely in Portugal and Brazil. It was originally a patronymic, meaning Son of Pedro or Son of Pero. Its Spanish equivalent is Pérez. It is a variant form of Peres. It may mean different things:
Antunes is a surname in the Portuguese language, of patronymic origin meaning "son of Anthony (António)". The Spanish variant is Antúnez or Antunez. Notable people with the surname include:
Botelho is a surname, or part of a combined surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Ribeiro is a Portuguese and Galician surname, also common in Brazil. Origin: Latin riparius,. It is also a wine-making region of central Galicia. In Galicia the surname may have been Castilianized as Riveiro.
Fagundes is a surname, and may refer to:
Morais or Moraes is a Portuguese surname.
Marcelo is a given name, the Spanish and Portuguese form of Marcellus. The Italian version of the name is Marcello, differing in having an additional "l". Marcelo may refer to:
Barcelos is a city and a municipality in Braga District in the Minho Province, in the north of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 120,391, in an area of 378.90 km2. With 60 parishes, it is the municipality with the highest number of parishes in the country. It is one of the growing municipalities in the country, and is well known for its textile and adobe industries, as well as its horseback riding events and "figurado" style of pottery, which are comical figurines with accentuated features of farmers, folk musicians, and nativity scene characters.
Portuguese surname of Jewish origin (Sephardic) : topographic name for someone who lived by a conspicuous pine tree or by a pine forest, from pinheiro ‘pine’, or habitational name for any of the numerous places named Pinheiro.
Dantas is a Portuguese language surname. It may refer to:
Peixoto is a Portuguese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Albuquerque is a common Portuguese surname, which may refer to:
Ramalho is a Portuguese surname. Ramalho may refer to:
Castilho is a Portuguese surname. The Spanish version of this surname is Castillo. Notable people with the surname include:
Graça or Graca is a Portuguese surname and given name. Notable people with the name include:
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