ALZATE The origin is a house or farm with this name in Ondarrabia (Fuenterrabia), there are two more houses with this name, one in Elgoibar, and the other in Irun, but both are derivated from the first. There is also a house in Uart-Zize in the french basque Province of Baxe-Navarre, and there are authors that think that this is the original one. There are branches in the whole basque Country (Spanish and French)

Simon Alzate proved his nobility in Motriko, in 1567.

Meaning: There are two theories about the meaning. The first component of this surname is ALZ, or ALTZ, and the meaning is "Alder tree", the second component is ATE, that means door, entrance, pass, gorge...., but some authors think that is a variation of ETA that means:plurality. So the meaning of this surname is: (the house) in the entrance of the Alder tree place, or (the house)in the gorge (or mountain pass) of the Alder trees. And the other possibility is: (the house in the) Alder tree place.

Proves of Nobility: Motriko 1567, Antonio Alzate born in Ondarrabia was knight of Alcantara in 1622 (To prove nobility was only necesary to prove to be basque, that was necesary to live in a city having the privileges of the nobles, or to have any political responability, or...)

Coat of arms: there are four coats, depending of the house, the original one is: En oro dos lobos pasantes, de sable, uno sobre el otro, Bordura componada de oro y gules

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arzate_stephanie at yahoo dot com 16-Apr-2008 11:00 #7326 Hello my name is Stephanie Arzate I am from Juventino Rosas,Guanajuato I am 15 years old I always wanted to know what ARZATE means but nobody seems to know i never meet some one with the last name ARZATE besides me my brother my dad my uncles and my grand parents I would love to meet any one with that last name I think that it is a unique last name
yagoarz at hotmail dot com 28-Feb-2008 0:22 #7044 hola mi nombre es andres arzate vivo en guadalajara jalisco y bueno mi abuelo creo que nacio en michoacan
AMILCARARZATE at HOTMAIL dot COM 29-Nov-2007 13:08 #6506 HELLO TO ALL THE ARZATE'S, I HAVE ALWAYS WONDER WHAT ARZATE MEANS? WHERE DOES ARZATE COMES FROM? AND NOW THAT I HAVE FOUND THIS WEBSITE I AM EAGER TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT OR MAYBE GET LUCKY AND FIND SOME RELATIVES,THE ONLY PERSONS I KNOW WITH THE LAST NAME ARZATE IS MY FATHER ANDRES ARZATE WHO LIVED IN GUERRERO,MEXICO.AND MY LITTLE SISTER.IM CURRENTLY IN BAGHDAD,IRAQ AND HAVE SOME TIME TO SPARE.I WOULD LIKE TO TRY TO FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ARZATE, BUT A LITTLE HELP IS ALWAYS APPRECIATED.THANKS AND GOD BLESS. SALUDOS A TODOS LOS ARZATE'S,DESDE QUE ERA PEQUENO SIEMPRE ME PREGUNTABA QUE SIGNIFICABA MI APELLIDO (ARZATE)? AHORA QUE ENCONTRE ESTA WEBSITE ME GUSTARIA AVERIGUAR UN POCO MAS ALOMEJOR Y ENCONTRAR ALGUN FAMILIAR,LOS UNICOS ARZATE QUE YO CONOSCO ES A MI PADRE ANDRES ARZATE QUE VIVIO MAYOR PARTE DE SU VIDA EN GUERRERO,MEXICO.Y MI HERMANA.AHORITA ME ENCUENTRO EN BAGHDAD,IRAQ Y TENGO UN POCO DE TIEMPO PARA TRATAR DE AVERIGUAR SOBRE EL NOMBRE ARZATE PERO SI ALGUIEN ME PODRIA AYUDAR ESO SERIA ESPECTACULAR.
chavaarzate at yahoo dot com 13-Nov-2007 18:37 #6393 I'm Salvador Arzate and I'm looking for a half-brother that I have not met. He's should be about 44 years old, I only know that he worked at the bank of america (across the olvera st) in LA. Anyway my father is/was Salvador Arzate just like me. My half-brother's mother is from michoacan and/or Jalisco. Anyway I'd love to talk to this guy. e-mail: chavaarzate@yahoo.com
gherjen at hotmail dot NOSPAM dot com 18-Sep-2007 22:14 #6055 Sobre Capitan Juan de Alzate n. 1560-70 hijo de Juan Alzate y Catalina Olais. Caso con Juana Lopez de Restrepo. Uno de sus hijos Martin de Alzate, fue padre de Juan de Alzate, cuya hija Rosalia (de) Alzate caso con Don Pedro Caballero [administrador al Rey de España, Carlos IV, como Regidor Mayor y Capitán de Guerra]. Su hija fue Maria de La Luz Caballero casada con Vicente Moreno, padres de Martin Moreno y abuelos de Justiniano (tataraabuelo de mi abuelo - Juan Rafel Hernandez casado con Paulina Gartner de la Cuesta). La otra hija de Don Pedro y Rosalia Alzate era Doña Barbara Caballero mejor conocida como La Marquesa de Yolombo por la novela de Tomas Carrasquila.
murda_mylow 13-Sep-2007 15:28 #6027 Hola my spanish family. My name is milo Arzate, haha i only know uno person with my first nombre and none with my second nombre. Sorry mi espanol needs some tuning up. But viva mexico, gracias por la significa. Drop me an email mi Arzate familia! murda_mylow@yahoo.com
saxjazz at juan-alzate dot com 26-Aug-2007 15:04 #5909 Hola, me queda claro lo de Alzate y Arzate en México, sería interesante saber como llegó a México y a Michoacán, dado que está más documentado como llegó a Colombia, pero no he visto nada acerca de México. Ojalá alguien lo sepa, yo soy de Morelia, pero mi padre, era de un pequeño poblado llamado Indaparapeo, Michoacán. Gracias. Juan Alzate.
wfalzate17 at gmail dot com 12-Jul-2007 16:52 #5636 Pues como ven mi primer apellido es ALZATE y lo digo con mucho orgullo independiente de su origen. Mi padre es descendiente de la Región de Antioquia (Medellín capital de Antioquia en Colombia) y yo vivo en Manizales, Caldas, Colombia. Chao.
azuldarkness at hotmail dot com 04-Jun-2007 14:36 #5336 hola, soy Alba, mi apeido es Arzate y pues la vdd no estoy segura de que lo fuera ya que mi bisaabuela se cambio de apeido y se murio sin decir cual era el verdadero apeido, yo tenia idea que solo los de la generacion de mi abuela en adelante eran Arzate, pero veo que no... pero curiosamente mi madre proviene de Jalisco, yo digo que de ahi agarro el apeido, saludos Arzate
rosearzate at hotmail dot com 07-May-2007 17:10 #5145 Hi! This is the meaning I've been told, but then again...is it really? Arzate 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’. *Remember the Basque region is full of mountains with many passes. So, it's very likely this is the most accurate of meanings. I don't know about you guys, but I used to have the hardest time with my last name due to the fact that people and school teachers used to butcher it. Over the years I have learned to appreciate it a lot more. It's unique and there's no mistaken who people call when they call my name. And yes for the record, I've seen many people change the last name once they migrated due to lack of speaking the new language. Remember most spoke the one of the many Basque dialects like my family. Some spoke Italian, and a couple from the UK that spoke true English (still were former Basque, but migrated to UK with beautiful English accents) when they arrived on the ships to Ellis Island in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Those that continued to Vera Cruz, Mexico or South America (e.g. Columbia and Venezuela) fell into the same steps. Happy Monday, my fellow Arzates. Many Blessings, Rose Arzate
scastro951 at sbcglobal dot net 06-May-2007 3:07 #5131 The definition of Arzate was listed above on another mailers note. It is the same defination that I have seen for Alzate... I am an Arzate and am glad to see that there are others that share the nane with me (that I am not directly related to)...I have 11 brothers and sisters. We were all born in Orange Co., Ca. I have found it very interesting to view the geneology web sites....Our name is uncommon so the information is quick and easy to view.
agur_01 at hotmail dot com 11-Dec-2006 18:46 #4180 Agur! My name is Olga Valdés Arzate.I live in Mexico.My grandmother told me that my grandfather, Apolonio Arzate came to Mexico with his family from Donostia. Also known as San Sebastian. In the Basque Country.They settled in the Esatado de Mexico. They had an hacienda called San Mateo Atenco.The original last name was Alzate, but for some reason that Ican't remember, the l was substituted by a r.His father's name was Antonio.It was a custom at the time( around the late 1700's)for the workers of the haciendas to adopt the last name of the owner of the hacienda.For this reason, (and maybe some of you might not like this)there are many Arzates who are not really blood- related to the original family.Yes, it is considered a noble family. That's why they were able to marry other nobility members like the Bobadilla. The information provided by me, was handed directly by my grandmother and is part of the geneology of my family.
wpapke at yahoo dot com 24-Jul-2006 20:46 #3342 Sorry, re: last note about Juan Alzate. My mother is from Medellin, Colombia. Don't think that was clear.
wppake at yahoo dot com 24-Jul-2006 20:44 #3341 There was a Capitan Juan De Alzate de Olais who migrated from Spain to Colombia. I have no idea what the year was. I've included a link http://gw.geneanet.org/index.php3?b=epareja&lang=en;p=juan;n=de+alzate+de+olais Hope this helps everyone. I am looking for information about Zeas and Zuletas but Alzate is found on my mother's paternal side. If anyone alzate has a margarita alzate who was married to Miguel Zuleta please let me know.
ryoban1 at netzero dot net 28-Jun-2006 17:43 #3246 Hi my name is Andres O. Alzate. I was born in Argelia, Colombia. I had the history of my name researched and found out that it originated in Basque territory, somewhere in a town close to the Spanish/French border. Also, the surname originated in a town where the original Alzate was knighted. He had a family and his children split into three groups. One group migrated to Colombia, another to Mexico and the third to Dublin, Ireland. I belive that the group that migrated to Dublin, Ireland may have ended up with the variation of the surname Arzate. I would be very interested to find out who was the first Alzate to migrate to Colombia, or at least a picture of the earliest Alzate.
dbea5071 at bigpond dot net dot au 22-Mar-2006 4:28 #2754 Having recently encountered the surname "Original" in some date relating to the Cathar/Merovingian?Albigensian periods of Basque history, and to the Papal punitive and eliminative forays - "God will know his own, so kill them all" - regards beliefs contrary to those enforced by Rome within the period, I am interested to learn the derivation of the name, for what reasons it came into being, and whatever data there may be appellate to those to whom the name applied.
ARZATE// 26-Feb-2006 2:20 #2625 ARZATE es tambien mi nombre..Y SOY DE MORELIA MICHOACAN. LA FAMILIA DE MI PAPA ES ORIGINAL DE AHI...ENCONTRE ESTO EN LA NET..NO SE COMO...PERO AHI VA: What does the Arzate name mean? Last Name: Arzate   1. 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’. SALUDOS...FAMILIA..ARZATE...ALZATE.... martharzate@yahoo.com
jigga_boo_75 at YAhoo dot com 22-Jan-2006 22:07 #2490 well my last name is arzate and my english teacher told me it ment cedar tree my family comes from michoacan (zamora) mexico and we have no idea what it means so if you ever find out please email me at jigga_boo_75@Yahoo.com
malzate4 at gmail dot com 15-Dec-2005 6:27 #2332 Mi nombre es Mario Alzate Castaño de Armenia Quindio, Colombia, vivo en Bogotá, No encuentro descendientes en mi genealogia, para hacer la conexion hasta 1740 aproximadamente.
correo at reformaglobal dot com 19-Nov-2004 17:41 #912 My name is Victor Alzate Martinez, I was born in Morelia Michuacan, My Father is Salvador Alzate and we do not Know our Family or if we have some more somewere. my Phone number is (818) 2128192 or (310) 241 31 32
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