 António Mota, a Portuguese trader and explorer who, in the 16th century became one of the first Europeans to set foot in Japan. | |
| Language(s) | Portuguese, Spanish |
|---|---|
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Mota, Motos, Cinos |
Mota is a Portuguese and Spanish surname. The name is topographic, originally used for someone who lived near a fortified stronghold. [1]
Mota has several versions including Motta (Italian) and Motte (French). [2]
Notable people with the surname include:
Ventura may refer to:
Pinto is a Portuguese, Spanish, Jewish (Sephardic), and Italian surname. It is a high-frequency surname in all Portuguese-speaking countries and is also widely present in Spanish-speaking countries, Italy, India, France and Israel. Historically, it has been common among political elites in Portuguese- and Spanish-speaking countries, as numerous presidents, prime ministers, and heads of state have shared the surname.
Pérez is a very common Castilian Spanish surname of patronymic origin.
Ramos is a surname of Spanish and Portuguese origin that means "bouquets" or "branches". Notable people with the surname include:
Jiménez is a patronymic surname of Iberian origin, first appearing in the Basque lands.
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.
Santos is a Spanish surname with several variations. It can also be a Portuguese and Galician surname. The English translation of Santos is Saints. A singular version, Santo, may occur. Origin: Christian, from Latin sanctus.
Oliveira is a Spanish and Portuguese surname, used in Spanish-speaking and Portuguese-speaking countries, and to a lesser extent in former Spanish and Portuguese colonies. Its origin is from the Latin word olivarĭus, meaning 'olive tree'. In Spain and Portuguese, de Oliveira may refer to both 'of the olive tree' and/or 'from the olive tree'.
Araújo or Araujo or Araúxo is a Galician surname of noble medieval origin. Possibly the noble Don Rodrigo Anes de Araujo, lord of the Araujo castle, Ourense, Galicia, was the first to use the surname of Araújo. His great grandson Pedro Anes de Araújo moved to the kingdom of Portugal, around 1375, being the first Araújo to settle there.
Garcia, Gartzia or García is an Iberian surname common throughout Spain, Portugal, Andorra, the Americas, and the Philippines. It is a surname of patronymic origin; García was a very common first name in early medieval Iberia.
Rojas is a surname found throughout the Spanish-speaking world, especially in Latin America.
Muñoz is a Spanish-language surname—with a Portuguese-language variant (Munhoz), from Basque "muinoa" (Hill), the surname got expanded during the Reconquista with massive settlements done by citizens from Navarre and Álava in New Castile and Andalusia.
Abreu is a Galician-Portuguese surname.
Leonel is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Alcántara (Spanish), Alcàntara (Catalan), Alcântara (Portuguese), and Alcantara (Sicilian) are surnames related to the Andalusian place name Alcántara, derived from Arabic for "the bridge".
Navarro is a Spanish and French surname. Navarro is a habitational surname denoting someone from Navarre after the Kingdom of Pamplona took on the new naming in the high Middle Ages, while also keeping its original meaning of 'Basque-speaking person' in a broader sense, an ethnic surname. Ultimately the name is derived from the Basque word naba.
Ferreira is a Portuguese and Galician toponymic and occupational surname, meaning "iron mine" and also the feminine variant of "blacksmith" ("ferreiro"), related to ironworks.
Cabral is a surname of Portuguese origin, coming from the word Cabra meaning goat. The surname Cabral most commonly came from goat farmers.
Moreira is primarily a Portuguese-language surname. Origin: Latin morum (blackberry). Notable people with the name include:
Duarte is an Iberian given name and surname, being an alternative Portuguese form of the name Edward.
