If you have one of these surnames you could apply for Spanish nationality.
In the world there is a great variety of people with surnames of Sephardic origin. Spain allows from 2015, that some people can acquire nationality as long as they have a surname of Jewish origin, since this sector was expelled from the European country since 1492.
The possibility of having a dual nationality entails a series of political rights and duties. According to a publication of Infobae, there are more than 5,000 surnames that could opt for Spanish nationality.
The Consulate General of Spain indicates that the main thing to obtain nationality is to have the surname of Sephardic origin. The Sephardim were the Jews who lived in the Crown of Castile and the Crown of Aragon until their expulsion in 1492 by the Catholic Monarchs.
A special platform has been set up by the Ministry of Justice, which can be consulted at the following link, where they detail the strict requirements for the granting of nationality that requires justification of the condition of Sephardic originating in Spain and the special connection with Spain.
Surnames that can apply for nationality
A: Abraham, Acevedo, Acosta, Aguado, Aguiar, Aguilar, Alarcón, Alba, Aldana, Alcalá, Alegre, Alfonso, Alfaro, Almeida, Alonso, Álvarez, Friend, Amado, Amaya, Aranda.
B: Baltasar, Báez, Barral, Barrios, Beato, Benavente, Benítez, Bernal, Bravo, Bueno, Bermejo.
C: Cabrera, Calvo, Camacho, Campo, Cantos, Carrasco, Carrillo, Carvajal, Castellanos.
D: Delgado, Diego, Díez, Díaz, Duque, Domínguez, Durán, Dorado, Duarte.
E: Enrique, Enríquez, Espejo, Esperanza, Espinosa, Escudero, Esteban.
F: Fajardo, Fernández, Ferrer, Ferrero, Figueroa, Flores, Fuentes, Fuertes.
G: Gálvez, García, Gato, Garzón, Gil, Gimeno, Giménez, Gómez, Granado, González, Gutiérrez.
H: Haro, Henríquez, Hernández, Heredia, Holgado, Herrera, Huerta, Hurtado.
I: Ibáñez, Israel, Left.
J: Jaén, Jiménez, Jimeno, Jorge, Juárez, Julián.
L: Lázaro, Leal, Lara, Larios, Leiva, León, Lima, Linares, Lobato, Lobo, López, Lorca, Lorenzo.
M: Madrid, Madrigal, Macías, Machado, Manuel, Márquez, Marchena, Marcos, Martínez, Marín.
N: Nájera, Navarro, Navas, Nieto, Núñez.
O: Ocampo, Ochoa, Olivos, Olmos, Oliva, Ordóñez, Olivares, Orellana, Ortega, Ortiz.
P: Pacheco, Padilla, Palma, Palomino, Pardo, Paredes, Pareja, Parra, Paz, Pascual, Pedraza, Pena, Pérez.
With dual citizenship, you can enter and leave the countries to which you belong. EFE / Cristóbal Herrera
Q: Quirós, Burned.
R: Ramírez, Ramos, Real, Rey, Reina, Ribera, Ricardo, Rivero, Robles, Roca, Rivas, Rodríguez, Ruiz.
S: Salgado, Salinas, Salas, Salazar, Salcedo, Salvador, Sánchez, Sancho, Serra, Serrano, Sierra, Silva.
T: Talavera, Toledo, Torre, Torres, Wheat.
U: Úbeda, Uría, Urrutia.
V: Valero, Valle, Vara, Varela, Vargas, Vázquez, Vega, Velázquez, Vera, Vergara, Villanueva, Vidal.
WITH: Zalazar, Zaragoza, Zúñiga. (I)
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