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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Basque : topographic name for someone living in a mountain pass named for its abundance of stones, from artza ‘stony place’ (from (h)ar(ri) ‘stone’ + -tza ‘abundance of’) + ate ‘pass’.

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