Conte (surname)

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Conte is a West African surname. Notable people with the surname include:

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Núñez is a Spanish surname. The Portuguese variant is Nunes. Notable people with the name include:

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Machado is a surname of Portuguese origin meaning "axe" or "hatchet", with the surname attested as far back as the 2nd century. It is commonly found in Portugal, Spain, Brazil, Hispanic America, the Philippines, India, as well as former Portuguese colony of Macao in China and several former Portuguese territories in Africa. It is also attested among Sephardic Jews, while in Italy, the surname may be associated with Jewish heritage, particularly in Genova; Jews are attested in Genova since Roman times, and the surname is one of the most frequent found in documents from Genova's Synagogue. The Machados in India were populated after the conversion of Paravar race of Tuticorin to Catholicism by the Portuguese in the year 1532, a few years after they began trading in India.

Nicola or Nichola is a Latinised version of the Greek personal name Nikolaos (Νικόλαος), derived from the nikē meaning "victory", and laos meaning "people", therefore implying the meaning "victory of the people". Nicola is both a male and female name, depending on cultural norms.

Benedetti is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Domínguez is a name of Spanish origin, meaning son of Domingo. The surname is usually written without the accent in the Philippines and the United States.

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Costa, sometimes Costas, da Costa, Da Costa, or Dalla Costa, is an Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Galician, Catalan, French, and Greek mostly toponymic surname. The surname spread throughout the world through colonization. It was also a surname chosen by former Jews due to Roman Catholic and other Christian conversions.

Pierce is an English, Welsh, and Irish surname. The name is a cognate of French Pierre ('Peter'). Notable people with that surname include:

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Sánchez is a Spanish family name.

Bernardi is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Colombo is an Italian surname meaning literally "dove". It was given to orphans.

Guidi is an Italian surname shared by several notable people:

Rosso is a surname of Italian origin, which means "red (haired)".

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Nicolas or Nicolás may refer to masculine given names cognate to English Nicholas. The given name Nicolas is widely used in Brazil and France. The variant Nicolás is widely used in Spanish-speaking countries. The variant Niccolò, is a popular male name in Italy, although Nicolas is also sometimes used, especially amongst Italian Americans and Latin Americans of Italian descent.

Moreno is a Spanish, Filipino, Portuguese, Catalan, French, and occasionally, an Italian surname. It may refer to:

Farmer is an English surname. Although an occupationally derived surname, it was not given to tillers of the soil, but to collectors of taxes and tithes specializing in the collection of funds from agricultural leases. In 2000, there were 68,309 people with the last name Farmer in the United States, making it the 431st most common last name in the nation.

Cordova or Córdova is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include:

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López or Lopez is a surname of Spanish origin. It was originally a patronymic, meaning "Son of Lope", Lope itself being a Spanish given name deriving from Latin lupus, meaning "wolf". Its Portuguese and Galician equivalent is Lopes, its Italian equivalent is Lupo, its French equivalent is Loup, its Romanian equivalent is Lupu or Lupescu and its Catalan and Valencian equivalent is Llopis.

Fiori is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Sala is a surname and given name with several origins. First, in Italian, Catalan, Portuguese, Spanish, Occitan, and Romanian, a topographic or occupational name meaning someone living in or employed at a hall or manor. Second, in Hungarian, a short for the Biblical name Solomon. Third, a variant of the name Salah. Notable people named Sala include: