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, pianist
 * Alvany Rocha, mathematician
 * Antônio Cavilhas Rocha, Brazilian chess master
 * Carlos Eduardo Rocha, mixed martial artist
 * Chuck Rocha, US political strategist
 * Coco Rocha (born 1988), Canadian supermodel
 * Dardo Rocha, an Argentine 19th-century politician
 * Diogo Rocha (tennis), Portuguese tennis player
 * Elian Rocha (born 2000), 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
 * Luis M. Rocha, Portuguese-American scientist
 * Manuel Rocha, Colombian-American diplomat and Cuban agent
 * Martha Rocha (1932–2020), Brazilian model
 * Red Rocha (1923–2010), American basketball player and coach
 * Ricardo Rocha (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Paulo Rocha (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Roberto Carlos da Silva Rocha (born 1973), a Brazilian footballer more commonly known as Roberto Carlos
 * Simone Rocha, an Irish fashion designer
 * Vagner Rocha, mixed martial artist
 * Zack de la Rocha, lead singer of the band Rage Against the Machine