Re: origin of surname
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Re: origin of surname
Oscar Vizcarra 10/14/00
Hi! To all the Vizcarras. This is a follow-up on the origen of the surname "Vizcarra".
The surnames of the Basque people are Toponimic that is to say the name refers to the location where they lived and came from. In the Basque language there are no "V" or "C" so they spell their name as "Bizkarra", it refers to the place they lived. Bizkarra "the back" refers to the spine or ridge of a mountain. That is to say the Vizcarras lived on the ridge near the top of a mountain. I recieved this information from Eduardo Bizcarra who lives in Abadiano near Guernica, Vizcaya, Spain.
Oscar