IzaguirreBasque Basque surname meaning open space or pasture exposed to the winds".
IzarraBasque This indicates familial origin within either of 2 eponymous neighborhoods: the one in the municipality of Gasteiz or the one in the municipality of Urkabustaiz.
IzturitzagaBasque It indicate familial origin in the vicinity of the eponymous tower house in the municipality of Andoain.
IzturitzeBasque This indicates familial origin within the eponymous commune of the French canton of Bidaxunerria, Amikuze eta Oztibarre.
KanpistegiBasque It indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the commune of Ezterenzubi in the arrondissement of Baiona.
KareagaBasque This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Barakaldo.
KarkamuBasque This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Gaubea, Province of Araba.
KarrantzaBasque Habitational name from Basque Country, Spain, a Basque adaptation of Carrantia, a toponym probably of Cantabrian origin meaning "high rocks" (compare Basque harri "rock, stone" and (h)andi "big, large").
KortazarBasque This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Ispaster.
KrutxagaBasque This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood in the Navarrese municipality of Uztarroze.
LezaetaBasque It indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Larraun.
LezamaBasque It indicates familial origin within either of 2 eponymous localities: the municipality or the council of the municipality of Amurrio.
LizárragaBasque (Hispanicized) Castilianized form of Basque Lizarraga, a habitational name from any of several places derived from Basque lizar (archaic form leizar) "ash tree" and the locative suffix -aga meaning "abundance of" or "place of".
LoaizaBasque Castilianized form of a Basque topographic name derived from lohi "mud, mire" and the suffix -tza denoting abundance.
LopidaBasque It indicates familial origin within the eponymous council of the municipality of Gasteiz.
LuzaBasque Surname originally used by people from Lusa, Castro Urdiales, Spain. It comes from the Basque word "luze" (long, tall), possibly of Celtic origin.
LuzuriagaBasque It indicates familial origin within the eponymous council of the municipality of Donemiliaga.
MadariagaBasque Basque: habitational name from any of various places in Gipuzkoa named Madariaga, from Basque madari ‘pear tree’ + -aga ‘place’.
MaiaBasque From the name of a village in Navarre, Spain, called Amaiur in Basque, derived from amai "end, boundary, limit" (compare the given name Amaia).
MaiztegiBasque It indicates familial origin within the eponymous locality in Bizkaia.
MendietaBasque This indicates familial origin within any of 3 eponymous neighborhoods: the one in the municipality of Ajangiz, the one in the municipality of Lemoa, or the one in the municipality of Artziniega.
MendigurenBasque This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Gasteiz.
MendinuetaBasque This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of Itzagaondoa.
MendiolaBasque From the name of a village in Álava, Basque Country, derived from mendi "mountain" combined with either ola "hut, cabin; foundry, factory" or -ola "place of".
MendizabalBasque This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of Arratzua-Ubarrundia that the falangists demolished in 1959 to make way for a reservoir.
OiangurenBasque This indicates familial origin within either of 2 eponymous neighborhoods: the one in the municipality of Elorrio or the one in the municipality of Askoitia.
OiartzunBasque This indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
OibarBasque This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Navarrese municipality.
OihanederBasque It indicates familial origin within the eponymous palace in the city of Gasteiz.
OritzBasque Habitational name from Oritz, a town in Navarre province.
OronozBasque This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Navarrese municipality of Baztan.
OroscoSpanish, Basque Variant of Orozco. Means "place of the holly trees" from oros meaning "holly tree" and the suffix -ko signifying a place. Also believed to have been derived from Latin orosius meaning "the son of bringer of wisdom".
OstiguyBasque, French Worn Quebec (Ostéguy variant), the name is visibly Basque and assumes initially a Ostegi form, which could designate a place where the foliage is abundant (osteo = + -egi sheet suffix). Alternatively, place the cold, cold house (Ortz, otz, followed -egi or -tegi).
OtamendiBasque From Basque ota meaning "foothill" or "low hill" and mendi meaning "mountain."
OtxaranBasque This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Zalla.
PinochetBasque, French, Spanish Derived from Basque pinoche meaning "pine cone". Alternately, it could be derived from the name of the hamlet of Pinouchet, located in the Gironde department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France... [more]
SollanoBasque It indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Zalla.
SorhapuruBasque (Rare) From the name of a village in south-west France Basque Country, possibly derived from sorho "field, cultivated land" and buru "head, top, summit; leader, chief".
TellecheaBasque Castilianized spelling of Telletxea, a habitational name meaning "(from) the house with tiles", composed of teila "roof tile" and etxe "house, home, building".
TelleriaBasque This indicates familial origin within either of 2 eponymous neighborhoods: the one in Leioa, Comarca of Bilbo or the one in Urdazubi, Comarca of Baztan.
TorrontegiBasque It literally means a place where there’s a tower.
TxiribogaBasque It literally means a store or bar that sells everything.
UgaldeBasque This indicates familial origin within either of 2 eponymous neighborhoods: the one in the municipality of Larrabetzu or the one in the municipality of Okondo.
UrrunagaBasque It indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Legutio.
UrrutiaBasque Habitational name derived from Basque urruti "distant, far away".
UrrutigoitiBasque This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the commune of Montori, located in the French canton of Euskal Mendialdea.
UrtiagaBasque It indicates familial origin near the eponymous cave in the municipality of Deba.
UrtsuaBasque (Rare, Archaic) From the name of a mountain in the French department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, derived from Basque ur "water" and -tzu "plenty of".
ZabaletaBasque This indicates familial origin within either of 2 eponymous localities: the vicinity of the tower house in the Navarrese municipality of Lesaka or the neighborhood of the municipality of Nabarniz.
ZalbideaBasque This indicates familial origin within either of 2 eponymous localities: the commune in the French canton of Bidaxunerria, Amikuze eta Oztibarre or the neighborhood of the municipality of Urduliz in the Spanish comarca of Uribe Kosta.
ZaldibarBasque From the name of a town and municipality in Biscay, Basque Country, derived from Basque zaldi "horse" and ibar "valley". Alternatively, the first element could instead be zaldu "wood, copse, forest".
ZamarripaBasque Habitational name of the city and province of Zamora, which is located on the Duero in northwest Spain. Because of its strategic position, the city was disputed during the Middle Ages, first between the Christians and Moors, then between the kingdoms of Leon and Castille.
ZamudioBasque This indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
ZañartuBasque It indicates familial origin within the eponymous rural district in the municipality of Oñati.
ZanbranaBasque It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
ZangozaBasque It indicates familial origin within the eponymous Navarrese city.
ZarateBasque From the name of a hamlet in Álava province, Spain, possibly derived from Basque zara "thicket".
ZarautzBasque This indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
ZatarainBasque From any of several place names in Basque Country, Spain, probably derived from the toponymic suffix -ain and an uncertain first element possibly meaning "thicket, underbrush". Alternatively, could derive from an altered form of Basque talaia "watchtower, lookout, vantage point", which is ultimately from Arabic طليعة (ṭalīʕa) "forefront, vanguard".
ZubillagaBasque It indicates familial origin within the eponymous council of the municipality of Lantaron.
ZuletaSpanish, Basque Variant of Zulueta, which comes from the Basque topographic name 'zulo' meaning ‘hole hollow’ + the collective suffix '-eta' meaning "place or group of."