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Surname

Lorenzo

 

Teo Martínez de Lorenzo · 8 abril 2018 16:41


Meaning of the surname
Lorenzo is a surname with Galician origins. The first Lorenzo was Almiro Louba, who took the surname from San Lorenzo. ''Lorenzo'' comes from Latin ''laurus'' (laurel).

Meaning of the coat of arms
The coat of arms has two yellow stars in front of a blue background at the left side and a yellow band in front of a green background in the right side. It wasn't found the meaning of the coat of arms.

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Surname

Sánchez

 

Nerea Sánchez Lens · 21 marzo 2018 17:18


Meaning of the surname
Sanchez is a Spanish surname, it means son of Sancho. It is very polular in Spain and in America. It has no defined lineage and its origin is totally dark. It began to spread in the Middle Ages.

Meaning of the coat of arms
The shield is shared by the Sanchez of Galicia and Aragon. The blue colour symbolises justice, obedience, loyalty, piety and prudence. The grey colour symbolises purity, faith and obedience.

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Surname

Salgueiro

 

Juan Carlos Salgueiro Mouriño · 10 abril 2018 19:11


Meaning of the surname
The surname Salgueiro has heraldic shield or Spanish heraldry certified by the Chronicler and Dean King of Weapon Don Vicente of Chains and Vicent.

It is known that the Salgueiro have or they had roots, between other places, in: Galicia, The Canary Isles and Estremadura.

Seemingly they were Jews of origin and in epoch of the Inquisition there were looked by brutality by the church, this way that went to Spain, where they changed his surname Salgueiro, or those who work with the Salt. To be able to survive they changed the Jewish religion to the catholic apostolic and Roman religion. Then they emigrated to America and a part of this family this in Fortune - Bolivia and now they are in Cochabamba and La Paz also, though they are very small.

This surname kings and queens were possessing it as symbol of his greatness.

Meaning of the coat of arms
The coat of arm of the surname Salgueiro, is composed by three red lines and two white in that the colour is alternated.

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Surname

Pinheiro

 

Jessica Natalia Pinheiro · 4 abril 2018 22:13


Meaning of the surname
There are many indicators that the name Pinheiro may be of Jewish origin, emanating from the Jewish communities of Spain and Portugal.
When the Romans conquered the Jewish nation in 70 CE, much of the Jewish population was sent into exile throughout the Roman Empire. Many were sent to the Iberian Peninsula. The approximately 750,000 Jews living in Spain in the year 1492 were banished from the country by royal decree of Ferdinand and Isabella. The Jews of Portugal, were banished several years later. Reprieve from the banishment decrees was promised to those Jews who converted to Catholicism. Though some converted by choice, most of these New-Christian converts were called CONVERSOS or MARRANOS (a derogatory term for converts meaning pigs in Spanish), ANUSIM (meaning "coerced ones" in Hebrew) and CRYPTO-JEWS, as they secretly continued to practice the tenets of the Jewish faith.
the family name Pinheiro is cited with respect to Jews & Crypto-Jews

Meaning of the coat of arms
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Surname

Díaz

 

Pablo Freijeiro Díaz · 14 mayo 2019 22:31


Meaning of the surname
Patronymic of the hypocoristic Diego/Diago. Díaz means son of Diego/Diago.
Díaz has its origin in Spain, specifically, in Castille. The surname originated in the Middle Ages, in the period Spain was occupied by the Visigoths.

Meaning of the coat of arms
It consists of: on silver, there is a red rampant lion holding a golden stick in its right hand. It has red borders and five golden fleurs de lis. The fleurs represent power, sovereignty, loyalty and purity. The lion represents "León".
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