Menezes
Sign in to saveMenezes, sometimes Meneses, was originally a Portuguese toponymic surname which originated in Montes Torozos, a region in Tierra de Campos, northeast of Valladolid and southeast of Palencia. The ancestor of the Meneses lineage was Tello Pérez de Meneses. The family wealth and power grew remarkably in the 13th and 14th centuries, through several marriages with the Castilian and Portuguese royal families.
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- Instance of
- family name
- Said to be same as
- Meneses
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- native label
- Menezes
- writing system
- Latin script
- language of work or name
- Portuguese
- Commons category
- Menezes (surname)
- Cologne phonetics
- 6688
- Soundex
- M522
- Caverphone
- MNSS11
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Menezes, sometimes Meneses, was originally a Portuguese toponymic surname which originated in Montes Torozos, a region in Tierra de Campos, northeast of Valladolid and southeast of Palencia. The ancestor of the Meneses lineage was Tello Pérez de Meneses. The family wealth and power grew remarkably in the 13th and 14th centuries, through several marriages with the Castilian and Portuguese royal families.
As a surname, Menezes/Meneses may refer to:
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