Rocha (surname) explained

Rocha (pronounced as /pt/) is a Portuguese language surname. It literally means “rock” or “boulder” in Portuguese; for instance, “rochas sedimentares, metamórficas e magmáticas” means “sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous rocks”. It is also a topographic surname that is found in Portugal as “da Rocha” or simply Rocha, literally, "one who is from/of the rock". It could also be a Jewish-Portuguese Sephardic surname.^{[1] [2]}

People with the surname

• Alicia de Larrocha, pianist
• Alvany Rocha, mathematician
• Antônio Cavilhas Rocha, Brazilian chess master
• Carlos Eduardo Rocha, mixed martial artist
• Chuck Rocha, US political strategist
• Coco Rocha (born 1988), Canadian supermodel
• Dardo Rocha, an Argentine 19th-century politician
• Diogo Rocha (tennis), Portuguese tennis player
• Elian Rocha (born 2000), Brazilian curler
• Evaristo Rocha, President of Nicaragua in 1839
• Geraldo Rocha Pereira, Brazilian footballer
• Glauber Rocha, Brazilian filmmaker
• John Rocha, Hong Kong born fashion designer
• Juan Ramon Rocha, Argentine footballer-manager and former Panathinaikos FC player
• Kali Rocha, American actress
• Luis M. Rocha, Portuguese-American scientist
• Manuel Rocha, Colombian-American diplomat and Cuban agent
• Martha Rocha (1932–2020), Brazilian model
• Red Rocha (1923–2010), American basketball player and coach
• Ricardo Rocha (disambiguation), multiple people
• Paulo Rocha (disambiguation), multiple people
• Roberto Carlos da Silva Rocha (born 1973), a Brazilian footballer more commonly known as Roberto Carlos
• Simone Rocha, an Irish fashion designer
• Vagner Rocha, mixed martial artist
• Zack de la Rocha, lead singer of the band Rage Against the Machine

Notes and References

1. Sephardic Genealogy: Discovering your Sephardic Ancestors and their World - Jeffrey S. Malka. - Best Judaica Reference Book (2002) by Association of Jewish Libraries;

   http://www.sephardicgen.com/ - Most complete reference of Sephardic names online;

   http://www.sephardicgen.com/databases/SephardimCom2009.htm - List of 41,000 Sephardic Surnames extracted from books by Harry Stein Archived version

2. Jorge Martins (2006), Portugal e os Judeus: Volume I – dos primórdios da nacionalidade à legislação pombalina, Lisboa, Vega.