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[Surname] Re: Feres
According to Portuguese surname websites this name is from the Arabic faris, meaning 'knight'. So the name would date from the time of the Moorish presence in the Iberian peninsula. It might be a nickname taken from the various tales and puppet shows depicting warfare between Christians and Moors.
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Perhaps Feres could be a variant of the surname Ferraz, a very common Portuguese surname. The origin of Ferraz can be found here - http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?view=2&surname=Ferraz . Perhaps the surname Ferres is a variant of Ferraz, both surnames found mainly in Catalonia.
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