Portuguese Surnames
Explore 529 Portuguese surnames with meanings and origins.
Barroso
Clay-rich or muddy
Bastos
Rough stick or staff
Batista
Baptist
Beira
From the Beira province
Beja
From the city of Beja
Benguela
From the city of Benguela
Berquó
From Madeira island place name
Bocaiuva
Good fruit palm
Boliqueime
From Boliqueime village in Algarve
Borges
Citizen or townsman
Boto
Dolphin (river)
Braga
From the city of Braga
Bragança
From Bragança city in the northeast
Brandao
Sword, firebrand
Brito
From the place Brito
Bruges
From the city of Bruges
Bulhoes
From the place Bulhoes
Cabinda
From the Cabinda province
Cabral
Place of goats
Cabreira
Place of goats
Caiado
Whitewasher
Caldas
Hot springs
Caldeira
Cauldron maker
Caldeirão
From the cauldron shaped valley
Camara
Chamber or room
Caminha
From the town of Caminha
Camoes
From the place Camoes
Candeias
Candlemas (feast day)
Canelas
Cinnamon
Canto
Corner or singing
Capistrano
From Capistrano
Caravela
Caravel (sailing ship)
Cardeal
Cardinal (church rank)
Cardim
Place of thistles
Cardoso
Place of thistles
Carneiro
Place of sheep or shepherd
Carpinteiro
Carpenter