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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Castilianized variant (common in Mexico) of Basque Suztaeta, which has two origins.
  • topographic name denoting someone who lived where broom grew, from a reduced form of isutz ‘broom’ + the suffix -ta + the locative suffix -eta.
  • topographic name for someone who lived in a grassy field, from usa ‘grass’ + the locative suffix -eta.

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