AbendañoBasque This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of Zarautz.
AbetxukoBasque It indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Gasteiz.
AburtoBasque, Spanish, Spanish (Mexican) The surname Aburto is a topographic name from Basque aburto ‘place of kermes oaks’, from abur ‘kermes oak’ + the locative suffix -lo.
AdurizBasque A famous bearer of this surname is Aritz Aduriz, a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Athletic Bilbao as a striker.
AgerreBasque This indicates familial origin within either of 3 neighborhoods in the French department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques: the one in the commune of Mugerre, the one in the commune of Hendaia, or the one in the commune of Maule-Lextarre.
AginagaBasque Habitational name from a place named Aginaga, from Basque (h)agin meaning "yew tree" combined with -aga, a collective suffix.
AldatzBasque This indicates familial origin within either of 2 eponymous Navarrese neighborhoods: the one in Larraun, Comarca of Leitzaldea or the one in Itza, Comarca of Iruñerria.
AlkizaBasque It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
AllalaBasque A diminutive of Ayala. The spelling was altered by Jose Maria Ayala, whose son Domingo Allala was related from his marriage to Estefana Champion-Werbisky, descendant of the Champion family from Rovigno, Croatia-Italy... [more]
AllendeBasque, Spanish Basque surname possibly linked to the Spanish word allende of Latin origin meaning "beyond" or "besides".
AlmandozBasque It indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Navarrese municipality of Baztan.
AmayaBasque Spanish: habitational name, from the name of a mountain and an ancient city in the province of Burgos, probably derived from Basque amai ‘end’ + the article suffix -a.
AmetxazurraBasque This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Gordexola.
AmetzagaBasque This indicates familial origin within any of 3 eponymous neighborhoods: the one in the municipality of Asparrena, the one in the municipality of Meñaka, or the one in the municipality of Zuia.
AramburúBasque Famous bearers of this surname is Fernando Aramburu, a Spanish writer and Pedro Eugenio Aramburu, he was an Argentine Army general.
AranaBasque This indicates familial origin within either of 3 eponymous localities: the hamlet in the County of Trebiñu, the neighborhood in Gasteiz, or the neighborhood in Bermeo.
AranburuBasque Proper, non-Castilianized form of Aramburú, literally meaning the peak of a valley.
AraquistainBasque, Spanish ''Place of the ferns'' in Basque. It first appeared when a family arrived for the first time to a part of the Pyrenees where they where a lot of ferns. Then, that family, changed their last name to ''Araquistain'' which means ''place of the ferns'' in basque.
ArbizuBasque It indicates familial origin within the eponymous Navarrese municipality.
ArciniegaBasque Castilianized form. Name for someone from the Spanish town of Artziniega. The town's name likely comes from the Basque artzain meaning "shepherd" and -aga, a suffix for place names.
ArmendaritzeBasque This indicates familial origin within the eponymous commune in the French arrondissement of Baiona.
ArmendarizSpanish, Basque from the Basque personal name Armendari or Armentari, from Latin Armentarius 'herdsman'. Spanish and French variant of Armendaritze, a habitational name from a village in Low Navarre named Armendaritze.
ArtetaBasque This indicates familial origin within either of 3 eponymous localities: the neighborhood of the Navarrese municipality of Ollaran, the neighborhood of the Navarrese municipality of Ezporogi, or the neighborhood of the municipality of Galdakao.
ArtziniegaBasque This indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
AybarBasque (Hispanicized, Rare) Aybar Name Meaning. Spanish (of Basque origin): habitational name, in most cases probably from Aibar in Navarre, but in some cases perhaps a variant of Eibar, the name of a place in Gipuzkoa. The place names are from Basque ai 'side', 'slope' + ibar 'flood plain', 'valley'.
AzpilkuetaBasque It indicates familial origin within the eponymous settlement in the Navarrese municipality of Baztan.
AzuaBasque This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of Burgu, Province of Araba.
BacqueBasque It's a Basque and Gascon surname whose meaning is cowboy, rancher (cattle rancher) or breeder.
BaigorriBasque This indicates familial origin within the eponymous commune in the arrondissement of Baiona.
BakedanoBasque It indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Navarrese municipality of Ameskoabarrena.
BalmacedaSpanish, Basque From Balmaseda, the name of a town and municipality in the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country of Spain. It is derived from Spanish val meaning "valley" and Basque mahatseta meaning "vineyard"... [more]
BalmasedaBasque It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
BergaraBasque This indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
BermeoBasque From the town Bermeo in Biscay (Basque Country, Spain). Origin likely pre-Roman.
BerroaBasque This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Baigorri in the French canton of Euskal Mendialdea.
BertizBasque This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Navarrese municipality of Bertizarana.
BidaurretaBasque It indicates familial origin within the eponymous Navarrese municipality.
BikuñaBasque This indicates familial origin within the eponymous village in Araba.
BonbaBasque, Spanish From Basque bonba meaning "bomb", (Latin bombus), hence probably a nickname for someone with an explosive temperament, or a metonymic occupational name for an artilleryman.
BorondaAmerican (Hispanic), Basque Boronda is a Californio surname that is also of Basque origin. Boronda is the name of a place in Salinas California named after Jose Eusebio Boronda where he made his house out of Adobe. Today, It is a California national Historic landmark in Boronda road in Salinas.
CasavantesFrench, Spanish, Basque Topographic name composed of casa "house" + avant "ahead of forward" + the suffix -es, denoting one who lived in the house located at the beginning of a village. This surname has died out in France.
De LarrinagaBasque Family name of owners of the old Larrinaga Shipping Company that had it's base in Liverpool. Original owner of the Palacio de Larrinaga was Ramon de Larrinaga.
ElizabelarBasque The Basque surname Elizabelar or De Elizabelar means "meadow of the church,". It's a surname that belongs to Celtic families. The Basques come from the ancient Celtic ethnic group (Celtic tribe) in the Pyrenees called (named) the baskunes or the barskunes (the people of the above).
ElizagaBasque It indicates familial origin within the eponymous hamlet in the commune of Sarrikotapea.
ElizaldeBasque, Spanish From Basque eleiza meaning "church" combined with the suffix -alde "by". This could be either a habitational name for a person who was from the town of Elizalde in Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, or a topographic name for someone living near a church.
ElkanoBasque This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Navarrese municipality of Eguesibar.
ElorriagaBasque It indicates familial origin within either of 5 eponymous neighborhoods: the one in Gasteiz, the one in Deba, the one in Kortezubi, the one in Barakaldo, or the one in Lemoa.
ElortzBasque This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Navarrese municipality of Noain Elortzibar.
EpaltzaBasque It indicates familial origin within the vicinity of the eponymous waterfall in the Navarrese municipality of Baztan.
ErasoBasque This indicates familial origin within either of 2 eponymous Navarrese neighborhoods: Eraso, Municipality of Imotz or Eraso, Municipality of Larraun.
ErratzurizBasque This indicates familial origin within the eponymous farmhouse in the Navarrese municipality of Baztan.
EtxagueBasque This indicates familial origin within either of 2 eponymous Navarrese localities.
EtxaideBasque It indicates familial origin within either of 2 Navarrese neighborhoods: the one in Elizondo or the one in Anue.
EtxalarBasque This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Navarrese municipality.
EtxauriBasque This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Navarrese municipality.
EtxeberriBasque This indicates familial origin within either of 2 eponymous locations: the neighborhood of the municipality of Hernani (in the Comarca of Donostialdea) or the neighborhood of the Navarrese municipality of Arakil.
EtxekoparBasque It indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the commune of Berrogaine-Larüntze in the arrondissement of Auloron e Senta Maria.
GalartzaBasque This indicates familial origin within either of 3 eponymous neighborhoods: the one in Etxebarria, Comarca of Lea-Artibai, the one in Larrabetzu, Comarca of Bilbo, or the one in Aretxabaleta, Comarca of Debagoiena.
GamizBasque This indicates familial origin within either of 2 eponymous neighborhoods: the one in the municipality of Gasteiz or the one in the municipality of Gamiz-Fika.
GaraikoetxeaBasque It indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Hondarribia.
GarateBasque Habitational name from a town called Garate in Basque Country, or topographic name, possibly from a derivative of Basque gara ‘height’, ‘peak’.
GardeaBasque This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Laudio.
GaribaiBasque This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Oñati in the Comarca of Debagoiena.
GarmendiaBasque, Spanish Garmendia is the surname of a family of the Basque Country region of Guipuzcoa, in Spain. The surname means "wheat mountain" in Basque from gar meaning "wheat" and mendi meaning "mountain"... [more]
IartzaBasque This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Abaltzisketa.
IbaigurenBasque Means "river's edge" from the Basque words ibai, meaning "river" and guren, meaing "edge".
IbarguenBasque Proper, non-Castilianized form of Ibargüen; it indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Zeanuri.
IñárrituBasque Means "between the valleys" or "in the valley", derived from Basque iñar meaning "valley" and ritu meaning "between". The Mexican filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu (1963-) is a famous bearer of this name.
IntzuntzaBasque This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Lemoa.