BIDAURRETA (Vidaurreta) The origin of this surname is a place named Bidaurreta in Nabarra, the place is located in the Etxauri Valey, near Pamplona
In Gipuzkoa there are some houses with this name: Donostia, Gabiria, Zumarraga, in Hernani, in Azkoitia, and the most important of them in Bergara, Domingo Bidaurreta was Lord of Bidaurreta House in 1406, Martin Bidaurreta lived in Arrasate-Mondragon in 1530, other martin Bidaurreta lived in Onate in 1477..all in Gipuzkoa
Bautista Bidaurreta lived in Elorrio in Bizkaia in 1620
A man surnamed Bidaurreta was named knight of Carlos III in 1816

The meaning is BIDE: road, AURRE: behind, and the sufix ETA that in toponims means place

There are 3 coats of arms of this surname

Basque names are names of houses, the families toke their house's name as surname, some times a surname has only one origin, but other times the same surname can have various origins

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