ARRIAGA The meaning is ARRI: Stone, or Rock, AGA: place There are many houses Arriaga in the Basque Country

GIPUZKOA: Berastegi (quarter of Urdinarain), Alza, Antzuola, Azpeitia (Loiola), Irun, Elgoibar (quarter of Arriaga), Villabona (quarter Amasa), In Onate there is a House Arriagakua (the house of Arriaga)

BIZKAIA: Ereno, Amorebieta, Berriatua, Manaria, Markina, menaka, Mungia, Rigoitia, Barrika, Berriz, (In some of these villages there are more than one Arriaga house)

NABARRA:Tafalla, Ustaroz (Ronkal Valey), Bera de Bidasoa

ARABA: Aiala, Lezama, Gasteiz.

There are branches in other villages, like Lekeitio in Bizkaia, without house named Arriaga.

There is an Author that says that this lineage is descendant from a Knight that in the times of the King Garcia "el Noble", conquered the Town of Tafalla (to the mores) and founded there the Castle of Arriaga, and from then, there went branches to different parts of the Basque Country and Aragon (the history can be truth, but I don't believe the history about the branches, because is a common toponim).

There have been knights of Santiago, Calatrava, Carlos III, and Malta with this surname, There are a lot of proves of hidalguia (Nobility) of families with this surname.

Coat of arms: there are a lot of them , but depends on the house

Note: the main theatre of Bilbao has the name Arriaga Theatre, the name is dedicated to a great composer named Juan Crisostomo de Arriaga, he was very good but died when he was 20 years old

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johnarriaga at gmail dot com 24-Apr-2008 2:14 #7358 I apologize I can only type in english, but my father is Juan Rogelio Arriaga and i am named John Arriaga. I would like to know more about our history since we are obviously connected in some way..so let's help each other out. I have family in Houston, Texas and Laredo, Texas and finally San Luis Potsi Mexico. Contact me at my e-mail if you need to know more. thanks.
eugenio1718 at yahoo dot es 26-Mar-2008 10:59 #7185 MI PRIMER APELLIDO ES ARRIAGA, QUE PROVIENE DE LEZAMA DE ARABA DEL AŅO 1600 Y POSTERIORMENTE SE EXTENDIO HACIA OROZKO, EL VALLE DEL RIO NERVION Y HACIA BILBAO EN BIZKAIA. EUSKAL HERRIA, PAIS VASCO, BASQUE COUNTRY. UN HERMANO DE MI BISABUELO EMIGRO A AMERICA SOBRE EL AŅO 1880, HACIA MONTEVIDEO, AUNQUE PUDO DESPLAZARSE TAMBIEN HACIA SANTIAGO DE CHILE. EL SE LLAMABA JUSTO ARRIAGA ECHEVARRIA. EN BIZKAIA HAY MUCHAS PERSONAS CON EL APELLIDO ARRIAGA, CON OTRAS RAICES DISTINTAS A LA NUESTRA EN GERNIKA, MARKINA, BERRIZ Y SUS ENTORNOS.
benitogarcia1 at yahoo dot ocm 05-Sep-2007 16:40 #5979 Hello, I was born Benito Arriga-Casteneda don't know anything about my family name. Any toughts??
arriaga0214 at hotmail dot com 14-Jun-2007 15:21 #5466 dis Oscar from Laredo,tx na pos yo vivo en laredo tejas y mi apa nacio en nuevo laredo se llamaba Oscar Arriaga y estaba corriendo pa presidente municipal ace como 10 anos pero ya no estoy con el alguien si es familiar sa be el nombre de el granpa de mi dad? ey y na pos yo soy el unico en laredo con el last name de Arriaga ja na pos im unique
f dot diaz at talktalk dot net 17-Nov-2006 7:03 #3994 Se que un antepasado mio se llamaba Ponciano Arriaga, mi segundo apellido es de la Peņa. En algun momento, en America o Espaņa, se convirtio el apellido de Arriaga a de la Peņa? Gracias
aamnotary2 at yahoo dot com 08-Aug-2006 0:08 #3419 Hi My Grandfather was from Casa Blancas a Ranch in Guanajuato, His first wife, Longina died in 1904 or so He went to Purisima del Rincon and there he married my Grandmother Aleja they had two girls and a boy. My grandfather also had 3 boys and one girl with his first wife. I really would like to know what happen to the first sibblings.
lachickis_12002 at yahoo dot com 08-Feb-2006 8:43 #2562 My last name de parte de mi mom tambien es Arriaga. Nunca me avia dado por buscar mas information from the actual origen de mi last name pero segun yo se, my grandfather (my mother's dad) llego a un rancho en Guanajuato ya en sus twenties and informatin before that, we (the children and grandchildren generation) don't really know anything about my grandfather's origin. It'd be cool to actually get more information on him or us, our past. Now that I've gotten into this I think Im going to do more research on it, ahora I want to know more and ya la curiosidad esta. El rancho se llama el Zaus de Villa Senor. It's next to a small town called Tamayo and its right outside of Celaya, Gto. If anyone knows of these places please let me know. Please inform me of anything anyone may know. Thanx
margaret at graftedin dot com 26-Dec-2005 18:58 #2387 Soy Arriaga el apellido Arriaga es de origen Judio de Espana.
mj0688ml at hotmail dot com 24-Mar-2005 15:21 #1333 I am looking for information...My Great-Grandfather is from northern Spain and is of the Spanish-Basque heritage, and I'm hoping to find out the location of some family. However, I don't know how to go about this. Any help would be great! Thanks
ARRIAGA dot LUIS at SBCGLOBAL dot NET 29-Jan-2005 1:03 #1153 HELLO TO ALL ARRIAGAS THAT FORM PART OF THIS FORUM OR SPECIAL GROUP. ME GUSTARIA COMUNICARME CON UDS. EN CASTELLANO Y ESPERO QUE ASI PODAMOS ENTABLAR UNA MEJOR COMUNICACION SI ES POSIBLE. LA VERDAD ES QUE TENGO SOLO UN POCO DE NOCION SOBRE EL ORIGEN DE MI APELLIDO Y FUE DE UNA FORMA UN POCO MAGICA. TODO INICIO APARTIR DE LA PREGUNTA QUE LE HICE A MI PADRE, Y AL NO SABER DE DONDE FUE EL ORIGEN. TODO EMPEZO CON UN SUENO Y TAN EXTRANO QUE SE ME GRAVO MUY VIVIDO. FUE FINALMENT CUANDO ESTUVE EN EL PAIS BASCO QUE ENTOCES EL SUENO QUE HABIA TENIDO FUE CUANDO VINO A TODO COLOR Y EN TERCERA DIMENCION, FUE INCREBBLE DE REPENMTE DARTE CUENTA QUE ESTAS EN TU PROPIO SUENO. ENTONCES ME SENTI MUY ATRAIDO Y CURIOSO FUE CUANDO FUI A LA BIBLIOTECA DE SAN SEBASTIAN Y SAQUE EL LIBRO DE LOS APELLIDOS BASCOS Y AHI ESTABA. AUNQUE PARA SE HONESTOS NO ESTOY MUY CLARO DEL TODO. SI ALGUIEN TUVIERA MAS INFORMACION. YO NACI EN MEXICO, EN EL ESTADO DE GUANAJUATO. ACTUALMENTE RADICO EN LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS EN CALIFORNIA, PARA SER MAS ESPECIFICO EN LOS ANGELES.
velenni1230 at hotmail dot com 05-Jan-2005 23:29 #1061 I would also like to know if Arriagada is derived from Arriaga. Tengo muchos antepasados vascos. Gracias.
kcaenterprises at yahoo dot NOSPAM dot com 14-Jun-2004 12:14 #539 What about Arriagada?
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