Rangel (, ) is a surname of Portuguese origin.
Rangel is a toponymic surname. The origin of the term is uncertain but
French
French may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France
** French people, a nation and ethnic group
** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices
Arts and media
* The French (band), ...
And Germanic roots are discussed, one are from the German "ragin-walt" - a mighty ruler.
Other theory about the origin of surname is the
Rang
Rang may refer to:
* Rang (1993 film), ''Rang'' (1993 film), a Bollywood romance film
* Rang (2014 film), ''Rang'' (2014 film), a Tulu film
* Rang (TV channel), an Assamese language television channel
* Rang, Doubs, a commune in the Doubs departme ...
Doubs
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Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
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France
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.
Place where the
estate
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Law
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* Estates of the realm, a broad social category in the histories of certain countries.
** The Estates, representativ ...
would have been named after this place in
Portugal
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with the addition of the suffix EL
The Surname came from the
estate
Estate or The Estate may refer to:
Law
* Estate (law), a term in common law for a person's property, entitlements and obligations
* Estates of the realm, a broad social category in the histories of certain countries.
** The Estates, representativ ...
of “Ronge or Range”, later Rangel, located in Ribeira de Coselhas,
Coimbra
Coimbra (, also , , or ), officially the City of Coimbra (), is a city and a concelho, municipality in Portugal. The population of the municipality at the 2021 census was 140,796, in an area of .
The fourth-largest agglomerated urban area in Po ...
Portugal
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. It belonged to Gundisalvus and was taken from the
Moors
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, during the siege of
Coimbra
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The fourth-largest agglomerated urban area in Po ...
in
1117
Year 1117 ( MCXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* January 3 – 1117 Verona earthquake. The earthquake is rated at VII (''Very strong'') on the Mercalli intensity scale, and ...
Iberian Peninsula
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. The surname is found in
Portugal
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,
Spain
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,
Germany
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,
France
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,
England
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,
United States
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,
Brazil
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,
Venezuela
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,
Mexico
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,
Russia
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,
East Timor
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, and
Angola
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.
In places like
Mexico
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the surname is strictly linked to the Spanish branch of the surname during colonial ages, in other places are the original Portuguese branch. In
Rhode Island
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,
Massachusetts
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,
Hawaii
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,
New England
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in general and in
The United Kingdom
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the surname is closely related to recent Portuguese migrations.
Notable people with this name
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Ana Maria Rangel
Ana Maria Rangel (Rio de Janeiro, May 21, 1957) is a political scientist graduated from Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Georgia. Rangel studied and made presentations and talks about the socioeconomic situation in Brazil. She was also a busines ...
Àngel Rangel
Àngel Rangel Zaragoza (; born 28 November 1982) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a right-back, currently manager of Pontardawe Town's under-12 team.
After playing lower league football in his native country for six years, he went ...
, Spanish former football player who played for Swansea City
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Arturo Soto Rangel
Arturo Soto Rangel (March 12, 1882 – May 25, 1965) was a Mexican film, television, and stage actor. Soto was best known for appearing in over 250 Mexican films. He appeared in one American movie, '' The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'', which w ...
, Mexican film, television, and stage actor
* Beatrice Rangel, Venezuelan writer and politician
* Beatriz Paredes Rangel, Mexican politician affiliated with the
Institutional Revolutionary Party
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Charles Rangel
Charles Bernard Rangel ( ; June 11, 1930 – May 26, 2025) was an American politician who served as United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for districts in New York City for 46 years. A member of the Democratic Party (Unite ...
Últimas Noticias
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newspaper
* Esdras Rangel, Mexican football (soccer) goalkeeper
*
Francisco Rangel Gómez
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Henry Rangel Silva
Henry de Jesús Rangel Silva (born 1961) is the current governor of Trujillo, Venezuela. A military general and former Minister of Defense, noticias24.com, 17 January 2012Perfil: Henry Rangel Silva, el nuevo ministro de la Defensa Rangel Silva wa ...
, Venezuelan military general, ex. Defense Minister, and governor of Trujillo
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Irma Lerma Rangel
Irma Lerma Rangel (May 15, 1931 – March 18, 2003) was an attorney and Democratic state legislator based in Kingsville, Texas. She was the first Mexican-American woman elected to serve in the Texas House of Representatives and the firs ...
(d. 2003), member of the
Texas House of Representatives
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*
José Vicente Rangel
José Vicente Rangel Vale (10 July 1929 – 18 December 2020) was a Venezuelan politician. He ran for president three times in the 1970s and 1980s and later supported Hugo Chávez. He served under Chávez as List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs ...
, Venezuelan leftist politician
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José Vicente Rangel Ávalos
José Vicente Rangel Ávalos (born 2 February 1956) is a Venezuelan politician and mayor of Sucre Municipality in Caracas. He is the son of Venezuelan former vice president José Vicente Rangel Vale and Chilean sculptor Ana Avalos.
In 2017, ...
, Venezuelan politician and vice minister of the
Ministry of Interior, Justice and Peace
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* Ministry (government department), a department of a government
Religion
* Christian mi ...
*
Juana Rangel de Cuellar
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Michoacán
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Campos
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History
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Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico
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Rafael Rangel
Rafael may refer to:
* Rafael (given name) or Raphael, a name of Hebrew origin
* Rafael, California
Fiction
* ''Rafael'' (TV series), a Mexican telenovela
* ''Rafaël'' (film), a 2018 Dutch film
People
* Rafael (footballer, born 1978) ( ...
, Venezuelan microbiologist
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Rafael Rangel Sostmann
Rafael Rangel Sostmann (; born 14 August 1941) is a Mexican engineer and academic who served as president of the Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM) from 1985 to 2011. He is a recipient of several honorary degrees, awarded, among others, by ...
, president of the
Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education
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