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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Castilianized form of Basque Artziniega, a habitational name from a place in Araba province named Artziniega, from Basque artzain ‘shepherd’ + (h)egi ‘ridge’ + the article suffix -a.

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