Toledano ( he, טולדנו, lad, טולידאנו) is a family name derived from the city of

Toledo, Spain Toledo ( , ) is a city and municipality of Spain, capital of the province of Toledo and the ''de jure'' seat of the government and parliament of the autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha. Toledo was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESC ...

. Bearers of the name can be found mainly in

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Can ...

-speaking countries, the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

, and Australia. The surname is also found among

Sephardi Sephardic (or Sephardi) Jews (, ; lad, Djudíos Sefardíes), also ''Sepharadim'' , Modern Hebrew: ''Sfaradim'', Tiberian: Səp̄āraddîm, also , ''Ye'hude Sepharad'', lit. "The Jews of Spain", es, Judíos sefardíes (or ), pt, Judeus sefa ...

Jews in their various diasporas, indicating possible ancestry traced back to Toledo, Spain. The Toledano name was also retained among non-Jews in various Spanish-speaking countries. The Jewish Toledanos were expelled from Spain in 1492. After the expulsion from Spain the Toledanos went to Safed,

Salonika Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of ...

, and

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria t ...

. They arrived in

Fez, Morocco Fez or Fes (; ar, فاس, fās; zgh, ⴼⵉⵣⴰⵣ, fizaz; french: Fès) is a city in northern inland Morocco and the capital of the Fès-Meknès, Fès-Meknès administrative region. It is the List of cities in Morocco, second largest city i ...

during the 16th century from Salonika and from there went to

Meknes Meknes ( ar, مكناس, maknās, ; ber, ⴰⵎⴽⵏⴰⵙ, amknas; french: Meknès) is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco, located in northern central Morocco and the sixth largest city by population in the kingdom. Founded in the 11th c ...

and became leaders of the community from the 16th century until the present day.

Notable bearers

* Avraham "Avi" Toledano (born 1948,

), Moroccan-Israeli singer, 1982 Eurovision runner-up * Avraham Toledano, the Mashgiach ruchani of the Yeshivat Haraayon Hayehudi * Drew Tal (born Dror Toledano, 1957), a prominent photographer and visual artist working and living in New York City * Ehud R. Toledano, Professor of Middle East history at

Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv University (TAU) ( he, אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל אָבִיב, ''Universitat Tel Aviv'') is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Locate ...

and University Chair for Ottoman & Turkish Studies * Éric Toledano (born 1971), a French film director, actor * Fernando Usero Toledano (born 1984, Brazatortas, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha), a Spanish professional footballer * Haham Pinchas Toledano, chief rabbi of Amsterdam * José Antolin Toledano (born 1936, Quintana del Puente, Palencia, Spain), a Spanish industrialist * Hilda Toledano (a literary pseudonym; 1907–1995) *

Ralph de Toledano Ralph de Toledano (August 17, 1916 – February 3, 2007) was an American writer in the conservative movement in the United States throughout the second half of the 20th century. A friend of Richard Nixon, he was a journalist and editor of ''Newsw ...

(1916, Tangiers - 2007, Bethesda, Maryland), Jewish Moroccan-American political activist * Ralph Toledano (born September 27, 1951, Casablanca, Morocco) French-Moroccan businessman * Samuel Toledano (1929,

Tangiers Tangier ( ; ; ar, طنجة, Ṭanja) is a city in northwestern Morocco. It is on the Moroccan coast at the western entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, where the Mediterranean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Spartel. The town is the capi ...

- 1996, Madrid), Jewish Moroccan-Spanish community leader * Shmuel Toledano (1921–2022), an Israeli Mossad employee and politician * Sidney Toledano (born 1951), CEO of the

Christian Dior S.A. Christian Dior SE (), commonly known as Dior (stylized DIOR), is a French luxury fashion house controlled and chaired by French businessman Bernard Arnault, who also heads LVMH, the world's largest luxury group. Dior itself holds 42.36% shares ...

:fr:Sidney Toledano *

Vicente Lombardo Toledano Vicente Lombardo Toledano (July 16, 1894 – November 16, 1968) was one of the foremost Mexican labor leaders of the 20th century, called "the dean of Mexican Marxism ndthe best-known link between Mexico and the international world of Mar ...

(1894–1968), Mexican politician and teacher *

Ya'akov Moshe Toledano Rabbi Ya'akov Moshe Toledano ( he, יעקב משה טולדאנו, 18 August 1880 – 15 October 1960) was an Israeli rabbi who served as Religious Services Minister of Israel, Minister of Religions for two brief periods between 1958 and 1960. He ...

(born 1880, Tiberias - 1960), an Israeli Sephardic-haredi rabbi, chief rabbi of Cairo, Alexandria and Tel Aviv * Omer Toledano (born 1980), Israeli poet and artist * Yuriorkis Gamboa Toledano (born 1981), Cuban boxer * Orel Toledano (born 1992), in Haifa, Israel

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Toledano
( Jewish Encyclopedia) {{surname, Toledano Spanish-language surnames Maghrebi Jewish surnames Sephardic surnames Surnames of Spanish origin Surnames of Moroccan origin Spanish toponymic surnames

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