Mascarenhas (surname)

The original coat of arms of the Mascarenhas family.

Mascarenhas is a Portuguese-language surname. The Mascarenhas name is a habitational name taken on from a civil parish in Portugal called Mascarenhas. This name is branched to Spain and is also found in India, where it was taken by Portuguese colonists, like Goa and Mangalore. It may refer to these persons:

• Dimitri Mascarenhas, Sri Lankan Briton cricketer
• Francisco de Mascarenhas, 13th vice-regent of Portuguese controlled India, 1581–1584
• D. Fernando Martins Mascarenhas, Bishop of Faro (16th century)
• Cecilia Mascarenhas, Retired Goan cultural historian
• Louis Mascarenhas, Pakistani Catholic Franciscan priest, academician and educator
• Mascarenhas de Moraes, Brazilian field marshal and commander of Brazilian Expeditionary Force
• Mascarenhas, Portuguese footballer
• Pedro Mascarenhas, Portuguese explorer and colonial administrator
• António Mascarenhas Monteiro, Cape Verdean politician
• Oswin Mascarenhas, Pakistani Catholic academic and educationist
• Rodrigo Mascarenhas, Cape Verdean basketball player
• Mark Mascarenhas, high profile sports agent from India, promoted career of (and launched commercial contracts for) India's cricket superstar Sachin Tendulkar
• Charlie Mascarenhas, a fictional character from the film Players
• Fr Oswald Mascarenhas SJ, Chairman St aloysius college, Mangalore
• Fritz Mascarenhas, a Catholic evangelist. He is an Indian national with Portuguese ancestry. Served in the Indian Navy, before venturing into shipping line. Went into full time mission work with the ICPE mission, for about 10 years in Malta and the Philippines. Currently, serves with the ICPE Mission based at New Zealand.
• Family Mascarenhas from Cape Verde, Santa Catarina de Santiago.

See also Administrative divisions of Portugal