Rocha (surname)
Rocha is a Portuguese language surname. It literally means “rock” or “boulder” in Portuguese; for instance, “rochas sedimentares, metamórficas e magmáticas” means “sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous rocks”. It is also a topographic surname that is found in Portugal as “da Rocha” or simply Rocha, literally, "one who is from/of the rock". It could also be a Jewish-Portuguese Sephardic surname.
People with the surname
- Alicia de Larrocha, Spanish pianist and composer
- Alvany Rocha, mathematician
- André Rocha , Brazilian para-athlete
- Antônio Cavilhas Rocha, Brazilian chess master
- Carlos Eduardo Rocha, mixed martial artist
- Chuck Rocha, US political strategist
- Coco Rocha, Canadian supermodel
- Dardo Rocha, an Argentine 19th-century politician
- Diogo Rocha, Portuguese tennis player
- Elian Rocha, Brazilian curler
- Evaristo Rocha, President of Nicaragua in 1839
- Geraldo Rocha Pereira, Brazilian footballer
- Glauber Rocha, Brazilian filmmaker
- John Rocha, Hong Kong born fashion designer
- Juan Ramon Rocha, Argentine footballer-manager and former Panathinaikos FC player
- Kali Rocha, American actress
- Laci Peterson, American woman who disappeared whose maiden name was Rocha
- Luis M. Rocha, Portuguese-American scientist
- Manuel Rocha, Colombian-American diplomat and Cuban agent
- Marcelo Nascimento da Rocha, Brazilian businessman, consultant and speaker
- Marina Rocha, Brazilian politician
- Martha Rocha, Brazilian model
- Red Rocha, American basketball player and coach
- Ricardo Rocha, multiple people
- Paulo Rocha, multiple people
- Roberto Carlos da Silva Rocha, a Brazilian footballer more commonly known as Roberto Carlos
- Simone Rocha, an Irish fashion designer
- Vagner Rocha, mixed martial artist
- Yanis da Rocha, Portuguese footballer
- Zack de la Rocha, lead singer of the band Rage Against the Machine