Peres is a Portuguese, Galician, and Judaeo-Spanish surname. Its Spanish variant is Pérez. It is common in both forms Peres, Perez, and Peretz among descendants of Sephardic Jews in Puerto Rico.
Gonçalves is a Portuguese surname. Origin: Germanic patronymic Gundisalvis. Notable people with the surname include:
Falcão is a Portuguese surname meaning "falcon". It may refer to:
Veloso is a Portuguese surname that means "hairy". Following is a list of notable people with the surname Veloso.
Émerson Leão is a Brazilian former football goalkeeper and manager. He is regarded by pundits as one of best Brazilian goalkeepers of all time. A documentary video produced by FIFA, FIFA Fever, called him the third-most impressive defense player of all time. He was born in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo.
Mendonça is a Portuguese and Galician surname of Basque origin. It sometimes appears as the anglicized forms Mendonca or Mendonsa. The Spanish variant is Mendoza. The name has been often linked with royalty. The name may refer to:
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:
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.
Batista is a Spanish or Portuguese surname. Notable persons with the name include:
Goulart is a Portuguese-language surname of French roots, common in Portugal and Brazil. There is also a variant from Hoeilart, which is a Flemish surname popular in the Azores Islands and adapted to Portuguese as Goulart.
Assunção is a Portuguese surname or part of a given name, such in as Maria da Assunção. It may refer to:
Alves is a surname that appears to originate both from Portugal and Scotland. It is debatable whether the surname appeared first in one country or the other, since it is more prevalent in Portugal, but registered as far back as the 13th century in the church records at Alves, Moray, Northern Scotland. If from Portugal, it will have originated from the Germanic patronym son of Álvaro.
Barros is a Portuguese and Galician surname. It may refer to:
Meireles is a Portuguese-language surname and may refer to :
Fernandinho is a hypocorism of the name Fernando and means "Little Fernando" or "Fernando Jr." in Portuguese.
Esteves is a Portuguese family name. Esteves comes from esteva, a flower in Portuguese. It is a patronymic, meaning son of Stephen. It is equivalent to the Galician name Estévez/Esteves, which takes the form Estevez in America.
Branco is a Portuguese and Galician surname meaning 'White.' Notable people with the surname include:
Guerreiro is a Galician and Portuguese word for "warrior". It can be found as a surname in Portuguese-speaking countries.
Lemos is a Portuguese-language surname. It can be also Greek (Λεμός).
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