Meneses, sometimes Menezes in Portuguese, was originally a noble surname which originated in Montes Torozos, a region in Tierra de Campos, northeast of Valladolid and southeast of Palencia. The ancestor of the Meneses lineage was Tello Pérez de Meneses. The family wealth and power grew remarkably in the 13th and 14th centuries, through several marriages with the Castilian and Portuguese royal families.
As a surname, Meneses may refer to:
Aleixo de Menezes, Portuguese Archbishop of Braga
Alex Meneses, United States actress and model
Alfred Menezes, Canadian cryptographer
António Luís de Meneses, 1st Marquess of Marialva, Portuguese general in the Portuguese Restoration War
Antonio Martínez de Meneses, Spanish playwright
Antonio Meneses, Brazilian cellist
António José de Sousa Manoel de Menezes Severim de Noronha, Portuguese soldier and statesman
Christianne Meneses Jacobs, United States writer, editor, and teacher
Fradique de Menezes, President of São Tomé and Príncipe
Francisco de Meneses Brito, Spanish Governor of Chile
Francisco Meneses Osorio, Spanish painter
Glória Menezes, Brazilian actress
Gonzalo de Céspedes y Meneses, Spanish novelist
Guillermo Meneses, Venezuelan writer
Heloísa Eneida Menezes Paes Pinto, Brazilian real-life "Girl from Ipanema"
Holdemar Menezes, Brazilian writer
Jean Charles de Menezes, Brazilian killed by London police officers who mistook him for a terrorist
Joao Costa Menezes, Portuguese actor and filmmaker
Jorge de Menezes, Portuguese explorer
Jorge E. Meneses, United States mayor
Juan Francisco Meneses, Chilean priest and political figure
Leon Menezes, Pakistani management professor
Leonor Telles de Menezes, Queen Consort of Portugal
Luís Filipe Menezes, Portuguese politician
Mai Meneses, Spanish singer-songwriter
Manuel de Menezes, Duke of Vila Real, Portuguese Governor of Ceuta
Margareth Menezes, Brazilian singer
Maria Romero Meneses, Nicaraguan nun
Omar Fayad Meneses, Mexican politician
Tobias Barreto de Meneses, Brazilian critic and poet
Tobias Barreto de Meneses, Brazilian jurist, critic and poet
Victor Menezes, United States engineer and banker
Ademir Marques de Menezes, Brazilian footballer
Bruno Marques Menezes, Brazilian footballer
Fernando Meneses, Chilean footballer
Henry Menezes, Indian football manager
José Clayton Menezes Ribeiro, Brazilian-Tunisian footballer
Jude Menezes, Indian field hockey goalkeeper
Luís Vinícius de Menezes, Brazilian footballer
Luiz Antonio "Mano" Venker Menezes, Brazilian football manager
Paulo Menezes, Brazilian footballer
Rildo da Costa Menezes, Brazilian footballer
Tony Menezes, Canadian footballer
Valeska Menezes, Brazilian volleyball player
Vergel Meneses, Filipino basketball player
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