Frequency: (2584)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Castilianized form of Basque Aretxuloeta, a topographic name meaning ‘oak hollow’, from aretx, Biscayan variant of (h)artiz ‘oak’ + zulo ‘hole’, ‘hollow’ + -eta ‘place or group of’.
GIVEN NAMES: Spanish 17%. Jose (39), Manuel (22), Juan (12), Alfonso (5), Jacobo (5), Orlando (5), Ruben (5), Alonzo (4), Carlos (4), Ramon (4), Salomon (4), Ana (3).
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