Tree names in Portuguese surnames

Introduction

Many Portuguese surnames are derived from tree names. This happens in other languages too, such as Dutch and German. Below you can see a list of such names that I know of.

Table

Names in parentheses are names of fruits and trees which, as far as I know, do not occur and last names.

Portuguese surname	Dutch surname	German surname	Latin tree name
Amendoeira 1)	(amandel(boom))	Mandel	Prunus dulcis, Prunus amygdalus
Carvalho	Van Eik, Van Eyk, Van Eijk, Eikman, Eijkelenboom etc.	Eichmann	Quercus
Cedreiro	(ceder)		Cedrus
Moreira 2) (de: amoreira)	(moerbei)	Morelenbaum? 3) 4) (não de: Maulbeeren)	Morus
(cereja)	Kerseboom, Kersseboom 5)	Kirschbaum, Kirshenbaum 6)	Cerasus
Nogueira 7) 8)	Nootenboom, Noteboom, Nooteboom 9), Neuteboom etc.	Nussbaum	Juglans etc. etc.
Oliveira	(olijfboom)	(Olivenbaum)	Oleaceae
Pereira	Peereboom	(Birne)	Pyrus
Salgueiro 10) 11)	Van der Wilgen	(Weiden)	Salix
Teixeira (de: teixo)	Tax? 12) (venijnboom)	(Eibe)	Taxus baccata
(tília)	Van de(r) Linde(n), Lindeman etc.	Lindenberg 13) (Linde)	Tilia
Portuguese surname	Dutch surname	German surname	Latin tree name

Examples

In English, in het Nederlands, em português

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External links, added 26 March 2010:
The 100 most frequent surnames in Portugal.
The 100 most frequent first names in Portugal.