Jiménez is a patronymic surname of Iberian origin, first appearing in the Basque lands.
Cardoso, sometimes in the archaic spelling Cardozo, is a Portuguese, Galician and Latin surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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.
Gomes is a common Portuguese and Old Galician surname.
Soares is a common surname in the Portuguese language and Galician, namely in the Portuguese speaking world, as well as other places. It was originally a patronymic, meaning Son of Soeiro. It is equivalent to the Spanish surname Suárez. Notable people named Soares include:
Carneiro is a common Portuguese and Galician surname, meaning "ram". It was very likely either a metonymic occupational name for a shepherd, or a habitational name derived from any of the several places called Carneiro in the North of Portugal.
Baptista is a Portuguese surname.
Coelho is a Portuguese surname of Jewish origin meaning "rabbit". The Coelho’s are a historically known Sephardic Jewish family with connection to the once thriving Jewish communities of Spain and Portugal. The families history bears deep ties to the persecution experienced by Jews during the inquisition in Portugal. Descendants in Portugal and Latin America with the surname Coelho have a likely Jewish origin. Notable people with the surname include:
Teixeira is a Galician-Portuguese surname based on the toponym Teixeira, derived from teixo "yew tree". The progenitors of the name were a "Noble Portuguese Marrano family, originally bearing the surname of Sampayo," and the Teixeira coat of arms was conferred "in accordance with a decree of King Philip IV of Spain" in 1643. A less frequent variant spelling is Texeira. The variant Técher is common in the highlands of Reunion Island, notably in the Cilaos area.
Vasconcelos is a Portuguese surname. Today it can be found in Portugal, Brazil, and elsewhere in the Portuguese-speaking world.
Braga is a surname that can be found in Portuguese, Galician, and Italian language. Notable people with the name include:
Rangel is a surname of Portuguese origin.
Vaz is a Portuguese language surname.
Melo is a Portuguese surname. Variants include Mello, de Melo or de Mello, D'Melo or D'Mello, De Melo and De Mello.
Borges is a Portuguese and Spanish surname. Jorge Luis Borges, the most notable person with this name, notes that his family name, like Burgess in English, means "of the town", "bourgeois".
Ferreira is a Portuguese and Galician toponymic and occupational surname, meaning "iron mine" and also the feminine variant of "blacksmith" ("ferreiro"), related to ironworks.
Coimbra is a Portuguese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Correa is a Spanish surname. Correa is found throughout the Iberian Peninsula. Correa means 'leather strap', 'belt', 'rein', 'shoelace', plural correas. Correa is from the Latin corrigia 'fastening', from corrigere 'to straighten', 'to correct'), applied as a metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of such articles. Correa is spelt Correia in Portuguese and Galician.
Galvão, Galvao, &c. is a Portuguese surname derived from Latin Galbanus and Galba.
Veiga is a Galician and Portuguese surname. Notable people with the name include:
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