Browse Surnames

This is a list of surnames in which the usage is Basque; and the pattern is *a.
usage
pattern
Abaroa Basque
Possibly from Basque abaro meaning "refuge".
Aiza Spanish, Basque
From Basque aitz meaning "rock, stone".
Aldana Basque
From the name of a Basque town, derived from aldats meaning "slope".
Aritza Spanish, Basque
From Basque aritz meaning "oak tree". This was a nickname of Iñigo, the first king of Pamplona, Spain (9th century).
Arriola Spanish, Basque
From Basque place names, themselves derived from Basque arri "stone" and -ola "place of, house".
Azarola Basque
Possibly from Basque azeri meaning "fox".
Bengoetxea Basque
Means "the house furthest down" from Basque bengo "furthest down" and etxe "house".
Etxebarria Basque
Original Basque form of Echeverría.
Etxeberria Basque
Original Basque form of Echeverría.
Gebara Basque
Habitational name for someone who lived in Gebara, a village in the province of Álava in Spain.
Ibarra Basque, Spanish
From Basque place names derived from ibar meaning "meadow".
Iturburua Basque
Means "by the fountain" in Basque, from iturri "fountain, spring".
Loyola Spanish, Basque
From the name of a place name near the town of Azpeitia in the Basque Country of Spain, derived from Basque loi meaning "mud". This was the birthplace of Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556), the founder of Jesuits.
Mendoza Spanish, Basque
From a Basque place name derived from mendi "mountain" and hotz "cold".
Ola Basque
From Basque ola meaning "hut, small house, forge".
Otxoa Basque
From Basque otso meaning "wolf".
Ubiña Basque
Possibly a variant of Urbina.
Urbina Basque
Derived from Basque ur "water" and bi "two", indicating a place where two waterways met.
Zabala Basque
Originally denoted someone who lived in a place of this name in Biscay. It is derived from Basque zabal meaning "large, wide".
Zubizarreta Basque
Means "old bridge", from Basque zubia "bridge" and zahar "old". A famous bearer is the Spanish soccer player Andoni Zubizarreta (1961-).
Zuñiga Basque
From the name of a Spanish town, formerly named Estuniga in Basque, possibly derived from Basque istuin "channel, strait".