About Urquieta
The surname Urquieta is of Basque origin and is derived from the place name Urketa, which means "place of the wolf" in Basque. It is a locational surname, indicating that the original bearer of the name hailed from a place called Urquieta. Surnames derived from place names were often used to identify individuals based on their ancestral or geographical origins.
The surname Urquieta is a unique entry in our records. Discover more about its distribution and characteristics:
Below is the ethnic distribution of the surname Urquieta based on recent US Census records. This is a brief glimpse into the diverse backgrounds of people carrying this surname.
Ranking information for the surname Urquieta is not currently available.
Here's how to represent Urquieta in Braille, each pattern of raised dots corresponds to a letter in the name.
The image below shows how you can spell Urquieta using American Sign Language (ASL). In sign language, each hand shape corresponds to a specific a letter of the name.