Navarrete
A Spanish surname taken from place names called Navarrete, most famously the town in La Rioja, Spain.
The #1,471 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 12,727 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Navarrete is a habitational surname: it originally identified someone from a place named Navarrete. The best-known bearer place is the town of Navarrete in La Rioja, Spain, and the surname likely means a person from that locality rather than describing a trade or personal trait. The place-name itself is traditionally linked with Navarre, though older explanations vary and are not always certain.
History
The surname spread from Spain into the wider Spanish-speaking world through migration and colonial-era movement. It is now found especially in Spain and Latin America, with notable concentrations in countries such as Mexico, Chile, Peru, and the United States. Because it comes from a place name, it could arise independently in different families whose ancestors came from the same or similarly named localities.
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Fun fact
Navarrete is also the name of a town on the Camino de Santiago route in northern Spain.
From the historical record
“Héctor Luis Leon Nicasio Retamales Pedro Pablo Navarrete Ismael Silva Campos Plutarco Hidalgo Pedro Contreras Arias Marcos Aguayo | Maria L. de González”
— Diccionario de los apellidos