surname Medeiros

[Guapo]

Medeiros is a well known surname, originating in northern Portugal; during the time of the Western Goths, in the small county of Portucalense (which is now Northwestern Portugal).

Were the Goths majority in north Portugal?

[Damião de Góis]

Were the Goths majority in north Portugal?

Nope, they didn't ethnically cleanse the locals.

[Lusos]

The only majority in Portugal were Indo euros and Romans.

[Damião de Góis]

The only majority in Portugal were Indo euros and Romans.

I think romans were also a minority, as were the moors or any other invaders.

[Sikeliot]

Romans were a minority everywhere they went since they were military colonizers, not mass settlers.

[riverman]

Were the Goths majority in north Portugal?

Is the surname itself gothic?

[Lusos]

I think romans were also a minority, as were the moors or any other invaders.

Romans of the minority's,were the majority.
That's what I meant.
The Moors were even less.The Algarve was not part of Al-Andaluz,but an administrative region.

[Damião de Góis]

Is the surname itself gothic?

No, it's related to some place with the same name, as it's with a lot of portuguese surnames.

[Lusos]

Is the surname itself gothic?

Yes It seems like It.

[Guapo]

Well Portuguese differ from Spanish in phenotype as well

[Damião de Góis]

Well Portuguese differ from Spanish in phenotype as well

Depends on which spaniards, we are similar to nearby ones. But we only share some surnames with galicians.

[Slycooper]

The first person to ever use the name was from Ponte De Lima in Northern Portugal.

[Twistedmind]

The only majority in Portugal were Indo euros and Romans.

Well, Goths and Romans were as much Indo Europeans as Celts.