Portuguese Surnames Starting with P

Baker

Loaves of bread

From the Paiva River

From the town of Palmela

Great river (Tupi-Portuguese)

From Tupi meaning great round sea

Relative or kinsman

Grapevine or trellis

Steps or passages

Duck

Patriarch

Patrician or nobleman

Peacock

Peace

From the place Pecanha

Stones or rocks

Stonemason

Fish or place of fish

Large boulder

Large rock or cliff

From the town of Peniche

Combed or well-groomed

Partridge

Pear tree

Son of Pedro

Eyelash or fringe

From a peach tree place

Person or individual

Eyelash

Peak or summit

Piety or mercy

Pepper

Variant of pepper grower from Azores

Pepper plant

Pine or fortress

From the small pine tree place

Pine tree

Painted or colorful

Son of Pedro

From pitanga fruit tree

Agave plant

Place of slate

From the town of Pombal (dovecote)

Pigeon or dove

From Porches village in Algarve

Purple or royal

From the city of Portalegre

Small gateway or pass