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This is a list of the more popular Portuguese family names we see in the West Indies. We have included their translations where known. If there is a surname, or a variation on a surname, that you think should be listed, please send us an email. The links to Rootsweb and Genealogy.com will take you to the respective surname resources on those sites. Is is our theory that the more you spread your postings around, the better chance you have of being found. If there is not a resource for your surname on one, or both, of these sites, maybe you could volunteer to start one! Finally, clicking on the name itself will take you to the appropriate listing in our Surname Researcher Index.

Surname Translation Known Anglicizations Rootsweb Search Templates Genealogy.com GenForum Abreu (d' / de) - - - ABREU Alfonso - - - ALFONSO Alves white? - - ALVES Andrade (d' / de) - - ANDRADE ANDRADE Baptista Baptist - - BAPTISTA Betancourt - - - BETANCOURT Biscoito - - - - Brazão - - - - Cabral (de) - - - CABRAL Caires (de) - Cares (de) - - Caldeira kettle - - CALDEIRA Camacho - - - CAMACHO Cambra (de) (of the) orphanage - - CAMBRA Campos - - - - Carvalho oak tree - CARVALHO CARVALHO Castanheiro chestnut tree - - - Castro (de) - - CASTRO CASTRO, DECASTRO Chaves keys - - - Coelho rabbit - - COELHO Correia strap Corey - CORREIA Costa (da) (of the) coast - MENDES-DA-COSTA COSTA Cruz (da) (of the) cross - - CRUZ Cunha (da) wedge - CUNHA CUNHA Dias days - DIAS DIAS Faria - - - FARIA Farinha flour - - FARINHA Femandes - - FERNANDES FERNANDES Ferraz - - - - Ferreira smithy (foundry) Smith FERREIRA FERREIRA Figueira fig tree - - - Francisco - - FRANCISCO FRANCISCO Franco - - FRANCO FRANCO Freitas (de) (of the) priests Frates, Fratis, Fratus, Freitas, Freites, Freytas, Freytus DEFREITAS FREITAS Gama (de) - - - - Garanito - Granito - - Gomes - - - GOMES Gonsalves - - - - Gouveia/Govia (de) name of a town - - GOUVEIA Gregório Gregory - - GREGORIO Henriques Henry - - - Jardim/Jardine garden - JARDINE JARDINE Jeronimo Jerome - - - Jesus (de) Jesus - - JESUS Jorge - - - - Leal loyal - - LEAL Lourenço Lawrence - - - Luz (da) light - - - Macedo - - - - Machado axe - - MACHADO Madeira wood, Madeira - - MADEIRA Magalhães - - - - Marques - - - MARQUES Martins Martin - MARTINS MARTINS Mattos/Matas (de) bushes - - MATTOS Mendes - - MENDES, MENDES-DA-COSTA MENDES Mendonça - - - MENDONCA Menezes - - - - Meosa - - - - Miranda - - MIRANDA MIRANDA Nascimento birth (of Jesus) - - - Netto grandson - - - Neves snow? - NEVES NEVES Nóbrega/Nobriga (de) - - - - Noreiga - - - - Nunes - - - NUNES Oliveira (d' / de) olive tree - OLIVEIRA OLIVEIRA Omellas (d' / de) - - - ORNELLAS Pacheco - - - PACHECO Paiva (de) - - - PAIVA Peiza (de) - - - - Pereira pear tree - PEREIRA PEREIRA Pemeta one-legged person - - - Pestana eyelash - - - Pimento pepper - - - Pinheiro pine tree - - - Pinto chick - - PINTO Pires saucer - - - Querino - - - - Quintal yard - - QUINTAL Ramos (dos) branches - RAMOS RAMOS Reis kings - REIS REIS Rezende - - - - Ribeiro river - - - Rodrigues - - RODRIGUES RODRIGUES Rufino - - - - Sabino - - - - Sá Gomes - - - - Saldenha - - - - Santos (dos) saints - - SANTOS Sardinha sardine - - - Serpa - - SERPA - Serrão - - - - Silva (de / da) (of the) forest Silver SILVA DESILVA, SILVA Soares - - - - Sousa / Souza (de) (from a) salty place - SOUZA DESOUSA, SOUSA, SOUZA Teixeira boxwoods - - - Vasconcellos - - - Vieira scallop - - VIEIRA Xavier - - - -

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