What Is The Meaning Of My Last Name Pimentel?

Depending on spelling Pimental or Pimentel it can I either be seen significantly in Portuguese and Spanish records. I am a Pimental and my family immigrated from the Azores which are islands of the coast of Portugal. There is a huge Jewish connection  and Pimental/ Pimentel is identified as one of the major families associated with the Spanish/ Portuguese Jewish families.

I have the last name and its from itlay. I didn't even know I'm italian. If you have the last name of Pimentel your italian. I'm mexican and italian and my parents are mexican and my dad and my brothers are part italian even my dad didn't knew we're itailan.

Pimentel (grower/seller of peppers, a pepper, or field of peppers) is a very well known Portuguese/Spanish Jewish surname. The Portuguese Jews controlled the selling of spices in Europe in the 1500s and 1600s. Many Iberian Jews adopted this surname during the forced conversions during the inquisition in the Portugal and Spain. Sephardic (Spain/Portugal) and Ashkenazi (Eastern European) Jews always preferred/chose ornamental surnames related to nature i.e., trees, vegetables (pimenta=pepper), plants, fruits, animals, rivers and mountains. The Iberian Jews that escaped to the diaspora i.e., Turkey, Italy, Netherlands, England, United States, Mexico, Brazil and all of the other former Portuguese colonies. There is a Jewish history museum in Tel Aviv Israel which features Pimentel as a very distinguished Jewish/ Sephardic surname. 

Actually, our last name PIMENTEL, is originated in isreal and is of jewish decent. Look it up.

The name Pimentel is a name of Portugese origin. It means an uneven derivative or something of uncertain significance. To find out more please visit Name
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