KARKOUSE Origin of surname
KARKOUSE, KARKOS, KARKASONNE, CORCOS, CARCOS, CARCAUSE, CARCASSONNE, CARCASSONE, CARCASSONA
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name is a toponymic (derived from a geographic name of a town, city, region or country). Surnames that are based on place names do not always testify to direct origin from that place, but may indicate an indirect relation between the name-bearer or his ancestors and the place, such as birth place, temporary residence, trade, or family-relatives.
These family names are associated with Corcos in Valladolid province, Spain; or with Caracause, the old name of Carcassone, in the French department of Aude, where Jews lived since the 6th century. In the 18th century, Corcos is recorded as a Jewish family name on a 'ketubbah' from Tunis dated March 21, 1797, of Deborah, daughter of Abraham Corcos and her husband Juda, son of Eliezer Ohana. The name (and variants) is also recorded as a Jewish family name in the following examples: in the 16th century, Yehudah Corcos (who was expelled from Spain in 1492) settled in Fez, Morocco, and was a distinguished financier, especially in Marrakech. He received Dahirs ("royal decrees") by which the kings of Morocco recognized his distinguished services and granted him protection; in the 16th century, Solomon Corcos, whose father David left Castille, Spain in the Expulsion of 1492, was chief rabbi of the Jewish community of Rome; Eliyahu Corcos was an Italian rabbi and financier, who founded a banking house in Rome in 1537. In the 17th century, Hizquiyah Manoah Hayyim Ben Isaac Corcos ('Tranquilo Vita') (1660-1730), was a rabbi and physician in Rome; in the 19th century Joseph Corcos was chief rabbi of the Jewish community in Gibraltar, and author of 'Sefer Yoceph Hen' (Livorno, 1825); Abraham Corcos of Mogador, Morocco, head of the Jewish community of Mogador, accompanied Sir Moses Montefiore in 1863 in a tour to Marrakech. In the 20th century Mordekhay Corcos was chief rabbi in Marrakech, Morocco (1950). His son Josue (born 1929 in Marrakesh) was a physician and professor of medicine in New York, USA. Other variants of the surname: several Jewish Carcause families are known to have lived in Carpentras, France, in 1276; Karkasonne is found in Mannheim, Germany, in 1665. The Italian form Carcassona is recorded in 1687 in Nice, France. In the 18th century David Carcassone (1789-1861), a French physician and author, accompanied Napoleon on his 1812 campaign in Russia; in the 20th century, Roger and Pierre Carcassone were leaders in the Algerian resistance movement during World War II.
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name is a toponymic (derived from a geographic name of a town, city, region or country). Surnames that are based on place names do not always testify to direct origin from that place, but may indicate an indirect relation between the name-bearer or his ancestors and the place, such as birth place, temporary residence, trade, or family-relatives.
These family names are associated with Corcos in Valladolid province, Spain; or with Caracause, the old name of Carcassone, in the French department of Aude, where Jews lived since the 6th century. In the 18th century, Corcos is recorded as a Jewish family name on a 'ketubbah' from Tunis dated March 21, 1797, of Deborah, daughter of Abraham Corcos and her husband Juda, son of Eliezer Ohana. The name (and variants) is also recorded as a Jewish family name in the following examples: in the 16th century, Yehudah Corcos (who was expelled from Spain in 1492) settled in Fez, Morocco, and was a distinguished financier, especially in Marrakech. He received Dahirs ("royal decrees") by which the kings of Morocco recognized his distinguished services and granted him protection; in the 16th century, Solomon Corcos, whose father David left Castille, Spain in the Expulsion of 1492, was chief rabbi of the Jewish community of Rome; Eliyahu Corcos was an Italian rabbi and financier, who founded a banking house in Rome in 1537. In the 17th century, Hizquiyah Manoah Hayyim Ben Isaac Corcos ('Tranquilo Vita') (1660-1730), was a rabbi and physician in Rome; in the 19th century Joseph Corcos was chief rabbi of the Jewish community in Gibraltar, and author of 'Sefer Yoceph Hen' (Livorno, 1825); Abraham Corcos of Mogador, Morocco, head of the Jewish community of Mogador, accompanied Sir Moses Montefiore in 1863 in a tour to Marrakech. In the 20th century Mordekhay Corcos was chief rabbi in Marrakech, Morocco (1950). His son Josue (born 1929 in Marrakesh) was a physician and professor of medicine in New York, USA. Other variants of the surname: several Jewish Carcause families are known to have lived in Carpentras, France, in 1276; Karkasonne is found in Mannheim, Germany, in 1665. The Italian form Carcassona is recorded in 1687 in Nice, France. In the 18th century David Carcassone (1789-1861), a French physician and author, accompanied Napoleon on his 1812 campaign in Russia; in the 20th century, Roger and Pierre Carcassone were leaders in the Algerian resistance movement during World War II.