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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n dot arriaga at gmail dot com 21-Feb-2011 21:47 #11972 Hello - I am in Arriaga who lives in CT whose family come from Puerto Rico. I believe there was an Arriaga who took the voyage with Ponce De Leon to conquer Puerto Rico. I read that later voyages went to Mexico. Nick
memoryofrocky at yahoo dot com 30-Jul-2010 19:18 #11372 hello' my name is albert arriaga dont know much of the arriaga history but here is a little of our arriaga tree. my greatgrandpas name is margarito arriaga, my grandpa juan zapata arriaga was born in musquis coahuila, mexico...my grandpas jaun brothers names are eladio, magarito,and sisters are sophia, maria, oralia, and elisea arriaga..juan arriaga kids names are benecio, raul, magarito, jaun, the daughters of juan arriaga horteincia, amaliea, natalia, olivia...jaun arriagas children live in san antonio , texas..if n e one knows any other connection from this tree going bck to margarito arriaga please respond..especially from masquis coahila mexico where magarito was from..
alexa_arriciaga at hotmail dot com 13-Jul-2010 19:03 #11308 Hola soy de Guayaquil Ecuador, necesito saber el origen de mi apellido ARRICIAGA, un buen grupo de los Arriciaga se ubicaron en una provincia Ecuatoriana pero no hay señales de donde provengan , ya que exactamente como mi apellido no hay en ninguna parte y creo que mi apellido ha sido compuesto op algo asi, si alguien me puede ayudar .
littlecrazyhorse31 at msn dot com 11-Apr-2010 19:27 #11011 my grandmother was esperanza elisarraras arriaga se caso con mario augusto rangel fernandez-guerra. my greatgrandparents are aureliano humberto rangel escorza married to maria de la luz fernadez-guerra.and maternal great grandparents were maria arriaga aguirre and tiburcio elizarraraz.from what i was told the maternal side was in guanajuato mexico. the ranch was mezquite gordo irapuato and san clemente also both in irapuato guanajuato
stephane dot arriagada at aidedevie dot FR 06-Oct-2009 8:18 #10283 ARRIAGADA EST EN FAIT DA ARRIAGA . CE NOM A ETE MODIFIE SUITE A LA REVOLUTION PUISQU IL ETAIT NOBLE D AUTRES ONT EMMIGRES AU CHILIE
lastruchas at mac dot com 01-Aug-2009 22:59 #10000 Hola Eugenio: es este tu antepasado que emigro a America? Saludos, Manuel Monasterio Ruiz Santa Fe, NM, EEUU Fecha: 1855-08-06 Nombre y Apellidos: Justo, Arriaga, Echevarria Padre: Pedro, Arriaga, Sarraga Madre: Maria Felipa, Echevarria, Arcocha Observaciones: Parroquia Diócesis: Bilbao Territorio histórico: BIZKAIA Localidad: Orozko-Olarte
imtelech at hotmail dot com 01-May-2009 14:16 #9513 Hola! mi abuela por parte de mi padre poseia el apellido arriaga su nombre era cesarea mi padre es Roberto Ramos Arriaga, mi pregunta es mi abuela es de origen centro americano; aunque desconozco su genealogia me gustaria saber si hay alguna manera de relacionar los arriaga de spana con los de america central se que el pais fue constituido por embarcadores espanoles, eh oido que el apellido es de origen ladino (judeo-espanol) eh crecido en un casa con costumbres judias y me preguntaba si existe alguna conexion. Cualquier sugerencia sera muy agradecida.
chileanpepper at hotmail dot com 06-Mar-2009 1:38 #9252 my abuelo es Claudio Arriagada, su hermano my querido tio fue Carlos Sergio Arriagada, nuestro abuelos son bascos Arriagada's con los Marin y los Gonzalez .My abuelita fue Jimena Marin Gonzalez, ademas tambien escuchado que my tatara abuela era Russia mesclada con los vascos, my abuelo fue el pintor famoso en Chile Juan Francisco Gonzales. Es increible tanto familia del pasado y como estamos todos tan mesclados, las ultimas 4-5 generaciones son de Chile. y estas nuevas generaciones ahora son nacidas en Estados unidos...
basque_teacher at yahoo dot com 31-Jan-2009 23:52 #9080 My father is Jose Manuel Arriaga and came to this country as a sheepherder about 45 yrs ago. He came to Boise, Id and was a very active at the Basque Center. I have a lot of contact with my family in Spain where we still have the original land and house for well over 500 yrs. I have done some research (a long time ago) and according to what I have found, there were two main houses of Arriaga. The house was split when someone married a French woman with a dowry that was large enough to be placed on the family crest. I am not sure how accurate this is but is makes some sense as the Basque were a very closed society and really didn't care for outsiders. I am always looking for stories about my family's history so if you have any about yours from the province of Viscaya please let me know! Nekane Arriaga-Davis
yosfel_arriaga at hotmail dot com 04-Jan-2009 12:17 #8928 HELLO EVERYBODY...I'M YOSFEL ARRIAGA, I'M FROM PERU AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ALL THE POSSIBLE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR LAST NAME (ARRIAGA).ACCORDING TO THE HISTORY PERU WAS CONQUERED BY SPANISH PEOPLE AND THE ORIGEN IS IN SPAIN AND NOW I'M LIVING IN SPAIN (VALENCIA)IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY WHO IS NAMED ARRIAGA AND LIVING IN VALENCIA, PLEASE LET ME KNOW,BUT DON'T FORGET TO SEND ME ALL THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE TO MY E-MAIL,PLEEEEASE.        THANK YOU.                         YOSFEL ARRIAGA.
lastruchas at mac dot com 15-Jun-2008 2:25 #7692 Bisabuelo Martin Arriaga Arrien Rigoitia, Vizcaya, Basque Country, Spain Abuelo Joseph Arriaga Erezuma (1712-?) Rigoitia, Vizcaya, Basque Country, Spain Padre Juan Simon Arriaga Urlezaga (1766-1836) Rigoitia, Vizcaya, Basque Country, Spain Hijo Juan Crisostomo Arriaga Balzola (1806-1826) Bilbao, Vizcaya, Basque Country, Spain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Crisostomo_Arriaga "Spanish Mozart"
sullivan dot cavazos at yahoo dot com 09-Jun-2008 16:12 #7655 What about arriagada? Many years ago I had a good friend Sergio Arriagada Diaz who was from Chile. He said this was a Chilean name of Basque origin. If anyone knows of Sergio's whereabouts, please write me.
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 AÑO 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 AÑO 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 Peña. En algun momento, en America o España, se convirtio el apellido de Arriaga a de la Peña? Gracias
aamnotary2 at yahoo dot com 08-Aug-2006 0:09 #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 8:44 #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 18:59 #2387 Soy Arriaga el apellido Arriaga es de origen Judio de Espana.
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