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[–] 16539363? 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

On Rocha, Wikipedia says: "Its origin can be French, but it can be also a Jewish-Portuguese Sephardic surname."

Riotta is Italian, but I can't find much on it.

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[–] 16539473? [S] ago  (edited ago)

Thanks for your help - I can't find anything either but I asked for help because perhaps other people may use different search terms that I keep using.

The issue with this research is that many Jews also change their names to hide their identities, the Bush family being one famous example.