Show ContentsAramburu History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The surname Aramburu is of Spanish locative origin, deriving from a geographical or man-made feature near which the first bearer lived or held land. In this instance, the surname Aramburu is composed of the Basque words "aram," deriving from "aran," which signifies "valley," and "bulo, bulu," which signifies "mill." Thus, the initial bearer of the surname Aramburu was someone who was identified by the members of his community as "one who dwells by the mill in the valley."

Early Origins of the Aramburu family

The surname Aramburu was first found in the northern Navarre-Basque region. The earliest references to the surname Aramburu are found in the records of the military Order of Carlos III.

Early History of the Aramburu family

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Aramburu Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Arambula, Aramburu, Arambulo, Aramburo, Arambul and others.

Early Notables of the Aramburu family

Prominent among bearers of the family name at this time was

  • Jose de Aramburu, Maria de Aramburu, Maria Eugenia Aramburu, Miguel de Aramburu, and Rosa de Aramburu...


United States Aramburu migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Aramburu Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Francisco Javier Aramburu, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1816 1
  • Antonio Aramburu, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1860 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Aramburu (post 1700) +

  • Fernando Aramburu (b. 1959), Spanish novelist who won the Premio Tusquets de Novela in 2011 for his novel Años lentos
  • Ricardo Arregui Aramburu (b. 1942), Spanish economist and writer
  • Pedro Eugenio Aramburu Silveti (1903-1970), Argentine Army general, 31st President of Argentina (1955-1958)
  • Juan Carlos Aramburu (1912-2004), Argentine Roman Catholic Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 1975 to 1990
  • Francisco Aramburu (1922-1997), Brazilian footballer
  • Federico Martín Aramburú (b. 1980), Argentine rugby union footballer
  • Alejandro Aramburu Acuna (b. 1969), Peruvian former professional tennis player
  • Héctor Guillermo Aramburu (b. 1916), Argentine physician
  • Gabriel Aramburu (b. 1912), Colombian politician


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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