Noronha is a

family name In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

that is found among some aristocratic families in Portugal, and in areas such as Brazil, India, Mozambique, Angola and Macau that were colonized by the Portuguese. The family has its origins in the marriage of Alfonso Enríquez, Count of Gijón and Noreña (natural son of King Henry II of Castile) with

Isabel of Portugal Isabella of Portugal (24 October 1503 – 1 May 1539) was the empress consort and queen consort of her cousin Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Spain, Archduke of Austria, and Duke of Burgundy. She was Queen of Spain and Germany, and La ...

(natural daughter of King

Ferdinand I of Portugal Ferdinand I ( pt, Fernando; 31 October 1345 – 22 October 1383), sometimes called the Handsome () or occasionally the Inconstant (), was the King of Portugal from 1367 until his death in 1383. His death led to the 1383–85 crisis, also k ...

). Their marriage was one of the clauses of the

Treaty of Santarém A treaty is a formal, legally binding written agreement between actors in international law. It is usually made by and between sovereign states, but can include international organizations, individuals, business entities, and other legal perso ...

, signed in 1373 between the two peninsular kingdoms. Alfonso was Count of Noreña, an Asturian village he had received from his father, and his children used the Portuguese spelling Noronha as their family name. Notable people bearing the name include: * Fernando de Noronha, 2nd Count of Vila Real (c. 1380–1445), son of Alfonso of Gijón-Noreña and Isabel of Portugal, Governor of Ceuta * Francisco Noronha (1748–1787), Spanish botanist whose standard author abbreviation is Noronha *

Fernão de Noronha Fernão is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 mil ...

(c. 1470 or earlier–c. 1540), corruption of the name of Portuguese explorer, Fernão de Loronha *

Osnar Noronha Osnar Noronha Montani (born 17 December 1991) is a Peruvian footballer currently playing for Club Deportivo Universidad César Vallejo in the Peruvian Primera División, as a forward. Club career Colegio Nacional Iquitos Noronha made his Torne ...

(born 1991), Peruvian footballer * Percival Noronha (1923–2019), Indian historian, heritage conservationist, and bureaucrat. *

Ester Noronha Ester Valerie Noronha (born 12 September 1992), is an Indian actress and playback singer who works in Telugu, Kannada and Konkani-language films. ''1000 Abaddalu'' (2013), ''Bhimavaram Bullodu'' (2014) and ''Lanke'' (2021) are some of her not ...

,(born 1992), Indian actress and playback singer *

Alfredo Eduardo Barreto de Freitas Noronha Alfredo Eduardo Barreto de Freitas Noronha, better known as Noronha (25 September 1918 – 27 July 2003), was a Brazilian football player. He played for the Brazil national team in the 1950 FIFA World Cup The 1950 FIFA World Cup was the fo ...

(1918–2003), Brazilian footballer *Several Viceroys or Governors of

Portuguese India The State of India ( pt, Estado da Índia), also referred as the Portuguese State of India (''Estado Português da Índia'', EPI) or simply Portuguese India (), was a state of the Portuguese Empire founded six years after the discovery of a se ...

: **

Garcia de Noronha Dom Garcia de Noronha (1479 in Lisbon – 3 April 1540 in Cochin) was a Portuguese nobleman. He was great-great-grandson of King Ferdinand I of Portugal, was the third viceroy and tenth governor of Portuguese India. As far as his life is reco ...

, 1538–1540 **

Afonso de Noronha Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century (Alfonso I of Asturias, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic kingdom in the Iberian peninsula. ...

, 1550–1554 **

António de Noronha :''not to be confused with António José Severim de Noronha, 1st Duke of Terceira'' D. Antão de Noronha was appointed in 1564 under Sebastian of Portugal as vice-roy of India. Previously, he had been captain at Hormuz in the 1550s and served at ...

, 1564–1568 ** António de Noronha o Catarraz, 1571–1573 ** Miguel de Noronha, 4th Count of Linhares, 1629–1635 ** Lourenço de Noronha, 1742–1744

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