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The modern Jewish Iberian population is based on post-war immigration and numbers around 14,000. The following is a list of prominent Iberian Jews arranged by country of origin: This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Isaac Abravanel (1437-1508), Portuguese-born Spanish philosopher, rabbi, economist and Orthodox Jewish theologist. José Aboulker (1920-2009), French resistance fighter and neurosurgeon. Senor Abravanel (1930-2024), Brazilian businessman, media tycoon and television host. Direct descendant of Isaac Abravanel.
Although Jewish communities were re-established in Spain and Portugal in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, largely with the help of communities of Spanish and Portuguese Jews such as that in London, these present-day Jews in Portugal and Jews in Spain are distinct from "Spanish and Portuguese Jews" as, for the most part, the modern Jewish ...
See also Category:Surnames of Mizrahi Jewish origin. Pages in category "Surnames of Sephardic origin" The following 100 pages are in this category, out of 100 total.
Lopes Suasso: family whose nobility was confirmed between 1818 and 1831, extinct in 1970 (notable member: Francisco Lopes Suasso, Baron d'Avernas le Gras (1657–1710), one of the leading shareholders of the West India Company, one of the most ardent supporters of the House of Orange, he supported William of Orange in 1688, in his invasion of England)
Pages in category "Surnames of Jewish origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,473 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The regional distribution of surnames within Spain was homogenized mostly through internal migrations, especially since 1950. Names typical of the old crown of Castile have become the most common all over the country. Most of the common Spanish patronymic surnames were introduced in Spain during the fifth to seventh centuries by the Visigoths.
Portuguese-Jewish diaspora (4 C, ... This list may not reflect recent changes. List of Iberian Jews; Spanish and Portuguese Jews; C.