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The earliest documented Basque surnames occur on Aquitanian inscriptions from the time of the Roman conquest of Hispania and Gallia Aquitania.For the most part these can be easily identified with modern or medieval Basque surnames, for example ENNECONIS (the personal name Eneko plus the Latin genitive ending -IS, stem augmented by -N) > Enekoitz.
Pages in category "Basque-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 272 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Garza – 335,829 – From Basque and Galician, Spanish meaning "heron", used as a descriptor or as part of a place name. Velásquez – 331,510 – Son of Velasco Estrada – 324,103 – From various places called Estrada, meaning "road", from Latin stata "via" denoting a paved way.
The most distinguished branch of the family originated in what nowadays is known as the village of Mendoza, near Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country; the village takes its name after the family. A certain scion of this family, Iñigo Lopez de Mendoza, distinguished himself in the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (1218), where he probably served under ...
Basque toponymic surnames (1 P) Pages in category "Surnames of Basque origin" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
Ochoa (Basque: Otxoa or Otsoa) is a Spanish [1] surname of Basque origin common throughout Spain, France, the Americas, and the Philippines.It is a surname of patronymic origin; it was originally a given name in Medieval Spain.
Basque immigrants began arriving in Idaho in the late 1800s.
For this purpose, people considered are those hailing from the extended Basque Country (includes the Basque Autonomous Community, the French Basque Country and Navarre). In particular born or resident in the Basque Country, unless self-identifying as not Basque (e.g. people self-identifying as Spanish or French rather than Basque.)