Write only one name a time. In case your surname contains accents, please include it correctly and do not include prepositions.

If your surname does not appear, try researching through variants of the same name that you may be aware of. In some cases, family names went through changes due to errors in registration, such as missing letters and so.

For an individual by the name of "João Pereira da Silva", the research must be carried out by the names "Pereira" and "Silva" separately. If a name is not found, then try a variation attempt.

It is wise to know that our available online list of surnames is but a mere fraction of family names that we have in our vast collection. However, you may request a complete research by using the options below.

Request a research in the collection by e-mail

or research by telephone +55 54 3286.3697 (only portuguese speakers)

During the Middle Ages, the heralds were in charge to register the Coat of Arms in books that were taken under their care. Nowadays these Coat of Arms are gathered in books called Armorials. One may contain the Coat of Arms of an entire single country or a group of nations. In some cases it may include the history of the origin of the family name.

Some Armorials have the Arms in a descriptive form, referred to as heraldic language, where the herald takes this information and designs the family Coat of Arms. Other books, nevertheless, already come with a visual form of the heraldic insignia.

Gilberto Guzenski works as a herald since 1967, and has dozens of exceptional books containing official Arms. All together come to the amount of several thousands of family names, which is his principal source of research.