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Originally Posted by Breogan
Pereira is a Galician surname.
Candeias (and Candelas) don't exist as far as I know.
The most similar ones are Cando, Candal and derivatives, but etymology is probably different.
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It is incidental to notice that Candeias has an homonimous in Castille with a same/similar etymology, whereas there is none in Galicia.
Many believe, wrongly, that Portuguese surnames derive or are common with Galician surnames alone. However, there is a number of Portuguese surnames derived (or in common) with Castille. The difference would be in the Portuguese/Castillian spelling.
This does not happen with Portuguese and Catalan-Aragonese (there are incidences between Catalan and Aragonese surnames) surnames.
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