Do people in Spain province Basque have "rare" last names?

Well, first of all their is not a Province Basque The Basque Country is a region in the north of Spain that has 3 provinces. The north of Navarra could also be considered basque in terms of culture and language. The Basques is the only group of natives spaniards that, for several reasons, were able to keep the language after the Roman Empire domination. In fact, the original Castilian aka Spanish comes from the way the basques pronounced Latin. Spain comes from the union of different areas with different languages and cultures. Since Castile was the most important region and the one that conquered all those lands accros the ocean, people tend to think only about Castilian language (aka spanish) and Castilian last names as the only typical spanish ones. But Galicia, Asturias, Basque Country, Catalonia, etc... have their own languages and last names different from the ones in Castile. Since the Basque language is the only spanish language that does not have a latin origin, the basque last names are way more different from the ones from the rest of the country.

Well, first of all their is not a Province Basque The Basque Country is a region in the north of Spain that has 3 provinces. The north of Navarra could also be considered basque in terms of culture and language. The Basques is the only group of natives spaniards that, for several reasons, were able to keep the language after the Roman Empire domination. In fact, the original Castilian aka Spanish comes from the way the basques pronounced Latin. Spain comes from the union of different areas with different languages and cultures. Since Castile was the most important region and the one that conquered all those lands accros the ocean, people tend to think only about Castilian language (aka spanish) and Castilian last names as the only typical spanish ones. But Galicia, Asturias, Basque Country, Catalonia, etc... have their own languages and last names different from the ones in Castile. Since the Basque language is the only spanish language that does not have a latin origin, the basque last names are way more different from the ones from the rest of the country.

I am Basque and well, I suppose that it might be hard for foreign people (including Spanish people) to pronounce them, mainly because they're long and have a lot of "z"s, "rr"s and other sounds that aren't used much. In addition, most of our surnames have their own meaning. -Etxeberria (new house) -Agirregomezkorta (it's almost three surnames in one. Yeah, pretty long) -Aranzadi -Goikoetxea (house of the top) -Errekalde (riverside) -Garmendia -Arrieta -Agirre -Egiguren -Barrenetxea (the house of the inside) -Intxausti -Agirrezabala -Ezkurdia -Arruti -Berasategi -Zabala (wide) -Elizondo (next to the church) -Sorzabalbere -Gartziandia -Olazagoitia As you can see, we use a lot the word "etxe" (house).

They do not have rare last names and they are not hard to pronounce for them. For example, I find very easy to pronounce Iraolagotia - ee rha oh la gho ee tee ah Erquiaga - er key ah ga Zambrana - Zam bra nah Urrutia - oo rue tee ah Ulibarri - oo lee bah ree Videourrazaga - Video oo rah sah gah ROTFLMAO.

They're not hard to pronounce at all, but compared to "Herrera" or "Diaz", yes, Basque names are rare.

They're not hard to pronounce at all, but compared to "Herrera" or "Diaz", yes, Basque names are rare.

They do not have rare last names and they are not hard to pronounce for them. For example, I find very easy to pronounce Iraolagotia - ee rha oh la gho ee tee ah Erquiaga - er key ah ga Zambrana - Zam bra nah Urrutia - oo rue tee ah Ulibarri - oo lee bah ree Videourrazaga - Video oo rah sah gah ROTFLMAO.

They would be rare in Poland but not rare in the Basque country! It's all about where you're standing at the time.