Släkthistoria för Azevedo
Azevedo Vad efternamn betyder
Portuguese: topographic name for someone whose dwelling was by a clump of holly bushes (see Acevedo). Compare Asevedo. Jewish (Sephardic): adoption of the Portuguese surname (see 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
