Rocha (surname)

Rocha (Portuguese pronunciation: ['ʁɔʃɐ]) 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

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* 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

## References

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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.

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