Olazabal surname: meaning, census count and records | FamilyCrests

The Olazabal surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 539 people carried this name — #40,554 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is up 30% from 414 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Olazabal surname

Borrowed from Spanish Olazábal, a surname from Basque ola (“forge ironworks; cabin, hut”) + zabal (“wide”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Olazabal» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 535 people named Olazabal live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 348
Chubut 65
City of Buenos Aires 37
San Juan 20
Santa Fe 18
Chaco 14
La Pampa 12
Córdoba 11

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 79 people named Olazabal.

5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Pyrénées-Atlantiques.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 5
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 60
Gironde 11
Haute-Garonne 1
Paris 1
Yvelines 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

Who carried it

People named Olazabal,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Rosario Olazabal 1901– · school teacher
  • Urko Olazabal 1978– · actor
  • Marta Olazabal 1981– · researcher
  • Klara Olazabal 1998– · canoeist

Wikidata (CC0).

When the index is not enough

This page says where Olazabal is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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