The de Castro surname is used by a
Sephardic Jew
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ish family of
Portuguese,
Spanish
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...
and
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origin. Soon after the establishment of the
Portuguese Inquisition
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, members of the family emigrated to
Bordeaux
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,
Bayonne
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,
Hamburg
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, and various cities in the Netherlands. Their descendants were later found scattered throughout Turkey, Egypt, Holland, Germany, England, Italy,
United States
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and
Madras
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.
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Some branches of the family have continued to bear the simple name of ''de Castro'' whereas others are known by ''de Castro-Osório'', ''de Castro Sarmento'', ''de Castro-Castello-Osório'', ''Pereira de Castro'', ''de Castro Vieira de Pinto'', ''Rodrigues de Castro'', ''Orobio de Castro'', ''de Castro de Paz'', ''Henriques de Castro'', etc. The name often appears as "de Crasto." Note that
Castro is not in origin Jewish but an
Iberian Christian name
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, adopted by some Portuguese and
Spanish
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* Items from or related to Spain:
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**Spanish cuisine
**Spanish history
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...
Jews after the
forced conversions
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of the late 15th and early 16th centuries. Also in Barranquilla, Santa Marta, Tuluá Valle del Cauca in Colombia and Coro in Venezuela.
Notable members
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Abraham de Castro
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Adolphe Danziger De Castro
Adolphe Danziger De Castro, also known as Gustav Adolf Danziger, Adolph Danziger, Adolphe Danziger and Adolphe De Castro, (November 6, 1859 – March 4, 1959) was a Jewish scholar, journalist, lawyer and author of poems, novels and short stories. ...
*
Isaac Orobio De Castro
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Kat de Castro, Filipino journalist and former television personality,
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Noli de Castro
Manuel "Noli" Eleuterio de Castro Jr. (; born July 6, 1949) is a Filipino broadcaster, journalist politician and singer. who served as the 12th Vice President of the Philippines from 2004 until 2010, under the second full term of President ...
*
Glaiza de Castro
Glaiza Castro Galura-Rainey (; born January 21, 1988), professionally known by her stage name Glaiza de Castro, is a Filipino actress and singer. She is known for playing various roles in television and mainstream, independent, and sociopolitica ...
, Filipino actress and singer
* Samuel de Castro was Founder of De Castro Trading house in
Madras
Chennai, also known as Madras ( its official name until 1996), is the capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India. It is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. According to the 2011 Indian ce ...
.
See also
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Inquisition
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Marrano
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s
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Crypto-Jews
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The term is especially applied historically to Spani ...
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Spanish and Portuguese Jews
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Sephardim
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*
Paradesi Jews
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