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Most of the surnames of the Brazilian population have a Portuguese origin, due to Portuguese colonization in the country (it is estimated that 80% of the Brazilian population has at least one Portuguese ancestor), while other South American countries were largely colonized by the Spanish.
The country's name became the Republic of the United States of Brazil (which in 1967 was changed to Federative Republic of Brazil). Two military presidents ruled through four years of dictatorship amid conflicts among the military and political elites (two Naval revolts , followed by a Federalist revolt ), and an economic crisis due to the ...
The name reform introduced around 1850 had the names changed to a western style, most likely imported from France, consisting of a given name followed by a family name. As such, the name is called prenume (French prénom ), while the family name is called nume or, when otherwise ambiguous, nume de familie ("family name").
[citation needed] An additional option, although rarely practiced [citation needed], is the adoption of the last name derived from a blend of the prior names, such as "Simones", which also requires a legal name change. Some couples keep their own last names but give their children hyphenated or combined surnames. [70]
Garcia was quite rare before the First World War in France, except in the French Pays Basque, [16] but became the 14th most common surname in France (and the eighth for the number of births between 1966 and 1990) due to Spanish immigration. [17] [18] It ranked second in the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur for the number of births 1966–1990 ...
In history, there have been many notable figures […] The post Where did last names come from? appeared first on TheGrio. This question raises an interesting topic.
The meaning and origin of name of Latvian people is unclear, however the root lat-/let- is associated with several Baltic hydronyms and might share common origin with the Liet-part of neighbouring Lithuania (Lietuva, see below) and name of Latgalians – one of the Baltic tribes that are considered ancestors of modern Latvian people.
Andrade (/ɐ̃ˈdɾa.d͡ʒi/ (Brazil), [ɐ̃ˈdɾa.ðɨ] (Portugal), or [ãn̪ˈd̪ɾa.ð̞e] (Spanish)) is a surname of Galician origin, which emerged in the 12th century as the family name of the knights and lords [1] [2] of the small parish of San Martiño de Andrade (St. Martin of Andrade), in the municipality of Pontedeume.