surname MAMEDE is portuguese or arab?

[spanish catalan]

a lot of arab-brazilians have this surname

[SupaThug]

Not sure if it is arab,but I am sure it is not portuguese.And I have never seen an afro-brazilian with this surname.

[spanish catalan]

Not sure if it is arab,but I am sure it is not portuguese.And I have never seen an afro-brazilian with this surname.

mamede is one of the arab surnames in brazil
http://www.genealogiabrasileira.com/...alo_arabes.htm

[SupaThug]

mamede is one of the arab surnames in brazil
http://www.genealogiabrasileira.com/...alo_arabes.htm

So why are you asking?

[spanish catalan]

there are some cities in Portugal with the name mamede and one battle in portugal with name BATALHA DE SÃO MAMEDE

[Damião de Góis]

Mamede is a portuguese surname.

[EdAlencar]

Not sure if it is arab,but I am sure it is not portuguese.And I have never seen an afro-brazilian with this surname.

My brother was born in a Brazilian city called São Mamede in Paraiba. :3

mamede is one of the arab surnames in brazil
http://www.genealogiabrasileira.com/...alo_arabes.htm

"Elias" is one of my maternal grandfather's surnames and I don't know anything about it.

[spanish catalan]

Mamede is a portuguese surname.

have moor origin?

[Damião de Góis]

have moor origin?

Possibly. I'm not sure.

[Lusos]

Nome de origem árabe. ¨ São Mamede (?-c.finais sec. III), pastor da Capadócia, foi um mártir de grande popularidade. ¨ Fernando Mamede (1951) atleta português foi, entre outras modalidades, campeão nacional (1977, 1979, 1980) , recordista europeu (1982) e recordista mundial (1984) dos 10 000 metros. ¨ Suleiman Valy Mamede (1937) é um jurista português que dedicou ao estudo do Direito Muçulmano. ¨ Na versão árabe do nome, Mohammad Ulugh Beg (1393-1449) foi um príncipe persa astrónomo, governador de Samarcanda, cuja obra dá conta dos conhecimentos árabes sobre astronomia no século XV. ¨ Dia onomástico a 17 de agosto.