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Basque Surnames

Basque names are used in the Basque Country (northern Spain and southern France).
There are 26 names matching your criteria.

ABAROA     Basque
Means "refugee" from Basque abaro-a.
ABASOLO     Basque
Means "priest's meadow" from the Basque abas "priest" and solo "meadow".
AIZA     Spanish, Basque
Means "cliff" or "rock" in Basque.
ALDANA     Basque
From the name of a Basque town, meaning "slope".
ARITZA     Spanish, Basque
Means "oak" in Basque... [more]
ARREOLA     Spanish, Basque
Variant of ARRIOLA, found predominantly in Mexico.
ARRIOLA     Spanish, Basque
Derived from any of the places named Arriola, from Basque arri "stone(s)" and -ola "place of", for example in the provinces of Gipuzkoa and Araba.
AZAROLA     Basque
Possibly means "like a fox" in Basque, a nickname for someone who resembled a fox.
BENGOCHEA     Basque, Spanish
Means "house furthest down" in Basque.
ETXEBARRIA     Basque
Basque form of ECHEVERRÍA
ETXEBERRIA     Basque
Basque form of ECHEVERRÍA
GARRASTAZU     Basque
From the Basque word arratz "bush" combined with the suffix sta denoting a place.
GEBARA     Basque
Habitational name for someone who lived in Gebara, a place in the Basque province of Araba (Álava).
IBARRA     Spanish, Basque
Derived from the Basque place name Ibarra which, in turn, is derived from Basque ibar "a meadow".
ITURBURUA     Basque
Means "by the fountain" in Basque.
JASO     Basque
Derived from Basque jats "sorghum". Sorghum is a type of cereal grass.
JASSO     Basque, Spanish
Variant of JASO
LOYOLA     Spanish, Basque
From Basque loya that means "mud"... [more]
MICHEL (1)     French, German, Dutch, Basque, Polish
Derived from the given name MICHEL, MITXEL or MICHAŁ.
OCHOA     Basque, Spanish
From a Basque nickname meaning "wolf".
OLA     Spanish, Basque
Means "forge" or "shepherd's cabin" from the Basque ola.
SOLO     Basque
Means "dweller on a rural estate".
VITERI     Spanish, Basque, Italian
Means "from Biteri, Basque Country".
YBARRA     Spanish, Basque
Variant of IBARRA
ZABALA     Basque
Name for someone who lived in any of the various places in Biscay and Araba called Zabala, which is derived from the Basque zabal, meaning "large" or "broad" and a, the definite article.
ZUÑIGA     Basque
Derived from Basque zuin "cultivated field", iga "slope".

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