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In the Ottoman Empire, for example, many Sephardic surnames were Arabized or Turkified, while in Latin America, there was a tendency for phonetic and grammatical adaptation to Spanish and Portuguese. The Bnei Anussim who remained in the Iberian Peninsula often adopted Christian surnames to conceal their Jewish identity, though many retained ...
See also Category:Surnames of Mizrahi Jewish origin Pages in category "Surnames of Sephardic origin" The following 98 pages are in this category, out of 98 total.
These are the lists of the most common Spanish surnames in Spain, Mexico, Hispanophone Caribbean (Puerto Rico, Cuba, Dominican Republic), and other Latin American countries. The surnames for each section are listed in numerically descending order, or from most popular to least popular.
Jewish immigration to Latin America began with seven sailors arriving in Christopher Columbus' crew. The Jewish population of Latin America is today (2018) less than 300,000 — more than half of whom live in Argentina , with large communities also present in Brazil , Chile , Mexico , Uruguay and Venezuela .
Many Persian last names consisted of three parts in order to distinguish from other families with similar last names. Some Persian Jewish families that had similar surnames to their Muslim neighbors added a second surname at the end of their last names. As an example Jafar nezhad Levian (From the race of Japhet and from the Tribe of Levite ...
Pages in category "Spanish-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,055 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pages in category "Surnames of Jewish origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,457 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Jean Ribault (1520–1565), early colonizer of America, he and other Huguenot colonists were massacred by the Spanish for their faith. [ 438 ] Pierre-Paul Sirven (1709–1777), victim of persecution.