HARACHE Origin of surname
HARACHE, FARACHE
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 surname Farache is associated with the locality of Farache in the Spanish province of Murcia. Farache may also derive from the Spanish word Farachar, which describes the preparatory stage of weaving. Thus Farache may also derive from an occupation (also connected with raw material, finished product or implements associated with that trade).
The name (and variants) is recorded as a Jewish family name in the following cases: in the 13th century, Moshe Farache (also known by the names: Faraj Ben Salim, Faragut, Fararius, Farrarius and Franchinus) of Girgent, Sicily (now Agrigento), was a physician and translator of medicine books from Arabic to Latin, including the medical encyclopedia 'Al-Hawi' by Razis, published in 1486. Yuce Harache of Duenas (Spain) is mentioned in a legal documents dated June 26, 1492 issued in Valladolid, Spain, in which he requested his debtors to pay him off ahead of payment day, due to the Expulsion of the Jews from Spain which forced him to leave the city. Rabbi Jacob Farache of Safed (Eretz Israel ), author of 'Sheelot U-Teshuvot' (Alexandria, 1901), was collecting funds among Jewish communities in the Ottoman Empire 1742, and in 1759 perished in the earthquake in Safed. In the 20th century, Reuben Farache (born in Tetouan, Morocco) lived in Tangier, Morocco, emigrated to South America and returned to Morocco a very wealthy man. his wife Rica Soto (died 1940) was a distinguished lady in Tangier and contributed to charitable societies.
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 surname Farache is associated with the locality of Farache in the Spanish province of Murcia. Farache may also derive from the Spanish word Farachar, which describes the preparatory stage of weaving. Thus Farache may also derive from an occupation (also connected with raw material, finished product or implements associated with that trade).
The name (and variants) is recorded as a Jewish family name in the following cases: in the 13th century, Moshe Farache (also known by the names: Faraj Ben Salim, Faragut, Fararius, Farrarius and Franchinus) of Girgent, Sicily (now Agrigento), was a physician and translator of medicine books from Arabic to Latin, including the medical encyclopedia 'Al-Hawi' by Razis, published in 1486. Yuce Harache of Duenas (Spain) is mentioned in a legal documents dated June 26, 1492 issued in Valladolid, Spain, in which he requested his debtors to pay him off ahead of payment day, due to the Expulsion of the Jews from Spain which forced him to leave the city. Rabbi Jacob Farache of Safed (Eretz Israel ), author of 'Sheelot U-Teshuvot' (Alexandria, 1901), was collecting funds among Jewish communities in the Ottoman Empire 1742, and in 1759 perished in the earthquake in Safed. In the 20th century, Reuben Farache (born in Tetouan, Morocco) lived in Tangier, Morocco, emigrated to South America and returned to Morocco a very wealthy man. his wife Rica Soto (died 1940) was a distinguished lady in Tangier and contributed to charitable societies.