Perez Family History

Spanish (Pérez): patronymic from the personal name Pedro an equivalent of Peter. This surname is also found in France. Compare De Perez.

Breton (Pérez): variant of Pérès (see Peres).

Jewish: variant of Peretz.

Jewish (Sephardic): adoption of the name in 1 above at the moment of conversion to Roman Catholicism.

After the return to Judaism (generations later) some descendants retained the name their families used as Catholics.