Släkthistoria för Alvares
Alvares Vad efternamn betyder
Portuguese: patronymic from the personal name Álvaro (see Alvaro). Hispanic: altered form of Spanish Álvarez (see Alvarez). Jewish (Sephardic): adoption of the name in 1 above at the moment of conversion to Roman Catholicism. After the return to Judaism (generations later) some descendants retained the name their families used as Catholics.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
