Its about the surname SPAGNOL?

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Its about the surname SPAGNOL?

i know some people in Malta whose surname is Spagnol.i don't know is something to do with Spain .

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: http://www.genealogymalta.com/

Spagnol could derive from Spagniol so also see follwing web site

http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.j...

In addition to the Jews from Palestine, the Jewish population of Barbary is largely composed of immigrants from Spain and Portugal. The "Spagniols," indeed, constitute the better class, and live mostly in cities; while the others lead a nomadic life in the Atlas mountains and beyond, being found far within the Sahara and even among the Kabyles. InTunis there are also many Italian Jews. The majority of the 400,000 Jews now (1902) resident in Africa are living in the Barbary States (H. Schurtz, "Katechismus der V㶬kerkunde," p. 326, Leipsic, 1893).