Izaguirre
A Basque surname likely meaning someone from a place marked by willows or a willow grove.
The #5,469 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 48,560 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Izaguirre is a Basque surname built from place-name elements rather than from Spanish or English words. It is commonly explained as referring to a spot associated with willows, with the first element linked to Basque "hiza/iza" or a related form meaning willow, and the second element tied to a high or prominent place. As with many Basque surnames, the name most likely began as a house or locality name and then became hereditary.
History
The surname is strongly associated with the Basque Country in northern Spain and southwestern France, and it spread widely through later migration to the Americas. Like many Basque surnames, it appears in several spellings because of local pronunciation and later Spanish orthography. Today it is especially familiar in Spanish-speaking countries and among diaspora communities.
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Fun fact
Basque surnames often preserve old house names and landscape features, so they can read like tiny maps of where a family once lived.