Erraez and Herraez are variations of the same Sephardi surname. (Judaeo-Spanish: Sefardies) This pedigree belong to a sub-group known as Spanish and Portuguese Jews, whose families remained in Spain and Portugal as ostensible Christians (after the Alhambra decree of 1492) and later reverted to Judaism in France and Italy, some of whom emigrated to the New World in the 18th century as conversos, particularly to Mexico, the Caribbean and South America.

Some people with these names include:

Erraez

Juan Garrido Herráez (1951–), Spanish politician

Miguel Herráez (1957–), Spanish writer

Other Sephardic families:

Erraez

Abravanel

Abulafia

Alazrague

Barzel

Casal

Cohen

Cardozo

Carneiro

Donatez

Damuz

De Castro

Eleazar

Espina

Ezra

Falcon

Fierres

Fonseca

Gamarra

Gazy

Gershom

Harari

Huete

Ibrahim

Izradiel

Jalaf

Jerez

Joel

Kohen

Lanery

Levi

Manrique

Marsel

Montiel

Mose

Nucaty

Nunez

Obadias

Ormaza

Palat

Rangel

Saavedra

Seixas

Talavera

Tesat

Torrijos

Uziel

Valenty

Xaquez

Yzcadarani

Zacarias

See also

History of the Jews in Latin America

History of the Jews in Spain

Crypto-Jews

Jewish name

Jewish ethnic divisions

External links

Sephardic Genealogy in South America

Sephardic Genealogy

2006 Jewish statistics around the World

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