CARVAJAL Origin of surname
CARVAJAL, CARABAJAL, CARABAL, CARAVAJAL, CARABALLO, CARBALLO, CARBAJAL, CARVALLO, CAVAJAL
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.
The names in this group can be associated with towns called Carballo, Carbajales De Alba, or Carballino, all of which are situated in north-west Spain. Carvajal is the name of two distinguished Jewish families. One of them can be traced to Gaspar De Carvajal and his wife Catalina De Leon, both of whom died in the mid 16th century. Their new-Christian son, Luis De Carvajal Y De La Cueva (1539-1591), was comptroller for the Cape Verde Islands and an admiral of the Spanish fleet before going to new Spain in 1568. He was named governor of the new kingdom of Leon, comprising about one-fifth of the area of modern Mexico, where he established several towns, among them Leon, New Almaden and San Luis (Monterrey). Almost all the members of his family, including himself, his wife, sisters, mother, nephews and nieces, were victims of the Inquisition because they practiced and promulgated secret Judaism. Another distinguished bearer of the name Carvajal was Abraham Israel (Antonio Fernandez) Carvajal (1590-1659), born into a Crypto-Jewish family at Fundao in Portugal. Due to persecution by the Inquisition, he left for the Canary Islands, from where he moved to Rouen in France and eventually settled in England (probably in 1635), where he became a prosperous merchant. His close relations and influence with Cromwell helped pave the way for the establishment of the London Jewish community, of which he was a founder. According to several sources, some of the Carvajals are related to, and possibly identical with, the Carvalhos family. Carvallo is recorded as a Jewish family name with the Spanish-born merchant Antonio Carvallo, also known as Carballo, in Mexico in 1642.
Distinguished bearers of the Jewish family name Carvallo include the Tunisian rabbinical author Isaac Ben Mordecai Baruch Carvallo (1731-1758), whose surname is also spelled Carvaglio and Karvalho; and the French engineer Jules Carvallo (1820-1893), an initiator of the Alliance Israelite Universelle and founder of the newspaper 'L'Opinion Nationale'.
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.
The names in this group can be associated with towns called Carballo, Carbajales De Alba, or Carballino, all of which are situated in north-west Spain. Carvajal is the name of two distinguished Jewish families. One of them can be traced to Gaspar De Carvajal and his wife Catalina De Leon, both of whom died in the mid 16th century. Their new-Christian son, Luis De Carvajal Y De La Cueva (1539-1591), was comptroller for the Cape Verde Islands and an admiral of the Spanish fleet before going to new Spain in 1568. He was named governor of the new kingdom of Leon, comprising about one-fifth of the area of modern Mexico, where he established several towns, among them Leon, New Almaden and San Luis (Monterrey). Almost all the members of his family, including himself, his wife, sisters, mother, nephews and nieces, were victims of the Inquisition because they practiced and promulgated secret Judaism. Another distinguished bearer of the name Carvajal was Abraham Israel (Antonio Fernandez) Carvajal (1590-1659), born into a Crypto-Jewish family at Fundao in Portugal. Due to persecution by the Inquisition, he left for the Canary Islands, from where he moved to Rouen in France and eventually settled in England (probably in 1635), where he became a prosperous merchant. His close relations and influence with Cromwell helped pave the way for the establishment of the London Jewish community, of which he was a founder. According to several sources, some of the Carvajals are related to, and possibly identical with, the Carvalhos family. Carvallo is recorded as a Jewish family name with the Spanish-born merchant Antonio Carvallo, also known as Carballo, in Mexico in 1642.
Distinguished bearers of the Jewish family name Carvallo include the Tunisian rabbinical author Isaac Ben Mordecai Baruch Carvallo (1731-1758), whose surname is also spelled Carvaglio and Karvalho; and the French engineer Jules Carvallo (1820-1893), an initiator of the Alliance Israelite Universelle and founder of the newspaper 'L'Opinion Nationale'.