Portuguese (Brazilian) Submitted Surnames

These names are a subset of Portuguese names used more often in Brazil. See also about Portuguese names.

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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

ACAMPORA Italian, Medieval Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Acampora is a variant of Acanfora, from the medieval personal name Canfora, from canfora ‘camphor’ (from Arabic kāfūr).

ANDRELLY Portuguese (Brazilian)

BALCEIRO Spanish, Portuguese (Brazilian)

BALLIO Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian)

BITENCOURT Portuguese (Brazilian), French (Rare), English
BITENCOURT, derives from Bittencourt, Bettencourt and Bethencourt; They are originally place-names in Northern France. The place-name element -court (courtyard, courtyard of a farm, farm) is typical of the French provinces, where the Frankish settlements formed an important part of the local population... [more]

BONETTE Portuguese (Brazilian)

BOTELHO Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazilian)

BRINGHENTTI Portuguese (Brazilian)

CAIXETA Portuguese (Brazilian)
Portuguese common name for Tabebuia cassinoides, a tree native to Central and South America.

COUTO Portuguese (Brazilian)

DE COSTA Portuguese (Brazilian), Sinhalese
Variant of DA COSTA used in Brazil and Sri Lanka.

DE CUNHA Portuguese (Brazilian), Sinhalese
Variant of CUNHA used in Brazil and Sri Lanka.

EMBOABA Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Variant of EMBOAVA. A famous bearer of this surname is Brazilian footballer Oscar.

EMBOAVA Portuguese (Brazilian)

ESPENDA Portuguese (Brazilian)

FLORENTINO Portuguese (Brazilian)
From the given name FLORENTINO.

GUTERRE Portuguese (Brazilian)

JARDIM Portuguese (Brazilian)

JOSEPHINO Portuguese (Brazilian)

LAMOUNIER Portuguese (Brazilian)
Most common in Brazil.

LINZMEYER German, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Means "bailiff of Linz, Austria" in German, derived from Proto-Celtic *lentos (“bend”) and Middle High German meier meaning "bailiff, administrator", derived from Latin maior meaning "greater".... [more]

LYRA Portuguese (Brazilian)

MESSIAS Portuguese (Brazilian)
Derived from the given name MESSIAS

NASCIMENTO Portuguese (Brazilian)
Means "birth, nativity" in Portuguese, from Late Latin nascimentum, a derivative of Latin nasci "to be born". This was originally a religious byname. It was also an epithet of the Virgin Mary (Maria do Nascimento), and was used as a given name for children born on Christmas.

NOBREGA Portuguese (Brazilian), English

PINGO Portuguese (Brazilian)

PROXIMO Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)

REBEQUE Portuguese (Brazilian)

ROMIO Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian)

SHANAKKI Portuguese (Brazilian)

TEODORO Portuguese (Brazilian, ?), Spanish, Filipino, Italian
Derived from the given name TEODORO.

VIANA Portuguese (Brazilian)

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