Mascarenhas is a Portuguese-language surname. The Mascarenhas name is a habitational name taken on from a civil parish in Portugal called Mascarenhas. This name is branched to Spain and is also found in India, where it was taken by Portuguese colonists, like Goa and Mangalore. It may refer to these persons:
Dimitri Mascarenhas, Sri Lankan Briton cricketer
Francisco de Mascarenhas, 13th vice-regent of Portuguese controlled India, 1581–1584
Cecilia Mascarenhas, Retired Goan cultural historian
Louis Mascarenhas, Pakistani Catholic Franciscan priest, academician and educator
Mascarenhas de Moraes, Brazilian field marshal and commander of Brazilian Expeditionary Force
Mascarenhas, Portuguese footballer
Pedro Mascarenhas, Portuguese explorer and colonial administrator
António Mascarenhas Monteiro, Cape Verdean politician
Oswin Mascarenhas, Pakistani Catholic academic and educationist
Rodrigo Mascarenhas, Cape Verdean basketball player
Mark Mascarenhas, high profile sports agent from India, promoted career of (and launched commercial contracts for) India's cricket superstar Sachin Tendulkar
Charlie Mascarenhas, a fictional character from the film Players
Fr Oswald Mascarenhas SJ, Chairman St aloysius college, Mangalore
Family Mascarenhas from Cape Verde, Santa Catarina de Santiago.
See also Administrative divisions of Portugal
