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Question: Is my last name Portuguese!?
It's Favela, I looked it up in some Ancestry!.com place and it said it was!. I've lived there and I didn't see alot of Favela's!. also !.!. My grandparents are from there!. Is my last name Portuguese!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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It could be!.
Spanish: of uncertain origin; possibly from a Visigothic personal name Fafila, or alternatively from a derivative of faba, a regional form of haba ‘broad bean’!. Possibly in some instances, it could be based on Portuguese and Galician fabela ‘small plot’!.
Southern Portuguese (also Brazilian): topographic name from favela ‘slum’!.


Early immigrants were from Mexico, Italy and the Philippines!.


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Either Span or Portuguese!.!.!.

I knew a few Favelas in Spain when I lived there!.!. It could be just an alternate spelling/pronunciation (sometimes a regional dialect) of PAVELA which is a common Spanish surnameWww@QuestionHome@Com

It sounds more Italian!. Www@QuestionHome@Com