Portugal History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

The surname Portugal was derived from the Middle English word "Portingale" which may have been given to an immigrant from Portugal or in some cases the surname may be no more than a nickname for someone who had business connections with Portugal. 1 2 3

Early Origins of the Portugal family

The surname Portugal was first found in Suffolk where Walterus filius Portingalliae was listed in the Curia Regis Rolls of 1201. William Potagal was recorded in the Curia Regis Rolls for Leicestershire in 1214, and Symon Petingal appears at Oseney, Oxfordshire in 1278. 1

Of note was Francis Lewis (1713-1802), American merchant and a Founding Father of the United States. His mother was Anne Lewis (née Pettingale) of Newport.

Early History of the Portugal family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Portugal research. Another 64 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1520, 1569, 1574, 1576, 1589, 1607, 1816 and 1909 are included under the topic Early Portugal History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Portugal Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Petingale, Pettengill, Pettingale, Pettengill, Pettingall, Petnal, Pettnall, Pettnel, Pettinell, Pettinall, Pettengell and many more.

Early Notables of the Portugal family

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Portugal Ranking

In the United States, the name Portugal is the 17,189^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 4

Portugal migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Portugal Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Diego De Portugal, who arrived in Peru in 1884 5

Contemporary Notables of the name Portugal (post 1700) +

Gabriel Portugal, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, 2004 6
Alfonso Portugal Díaz (1934-2016), Mexican footballer who played from 1976 to 1987
Jose Portugal Perez (1946-2021), Filipino lawyer who was appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines in 2009

Citations +

Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
Harrison, Henry, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 2013. Print
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 3) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html