where does the last name mendoza originate from
Mendoza (name) The name Mendoza means "cold mountain", derived from the Basque words mendi (mountain) and (h)otz (cold) + definite article '-a' (Mendoza being mendi+(h)otza). The original Basque form with an affricate sibilant (/ts/, Basque spelling /tz/) evolved in Spanish to the current form.
Rocha (surname) Rocha (Portuguese pronunciation: ['ʁɔʃɐ]) is a Portuguese language surname. Its origin can be French,[1] but it can be also a Jewish-Portuguese Sephardic surname.[2][3] 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 topographical surname that is found in Portugal as “da Rocha” or simply Rocha, literally, "one who is from/of the rock".