Urrutia, meaning "distant, far away" in

Basque Basque may refer to: * Basques, an ethnic group of Spain and France * Basque language, their language Places * Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France * Basque Country (autonomous c ...

(also known as Euskera) is the name of a family that originated in Zumárraga in the province of

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, and then spread out throughout the Basque country, and eventually throughout the Americas (South, Central, and North) and the Philippines.

People with the name

* Abraham Oyanedel Urrutia (1874–1954), Chilean politician and jurist * Alfonso Hortiz de Urrutia (1455–1503), Spanish humanist writer *

Aliecer Urrutia Aliecer Urrutia Delgado (born September 22, 1974, in Villa Clara) is a retired male triple jumper from Cuba. Having set a personal best of 17.70 in 1996, he won a silver medal at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 6th IAAF World Indoo ...

(born 1974), Cuban athlete *

Aureliano Urrutia Aureliano Urrutia, Sr. (6 June 1872 – 14 August 1975) was a Mexican-born physician. He served as the Minister of Interior under Victoriano Huerta in Mexico but subsequently spent most of his life and career in the United States. Biog ...

(1871–1975), Mexican physician and politician *

Benjamin Urrutia Benjamin Urrutia (born January 24, 1950) is an author and scholar. With Guy Davenport, Urrutia edited ''The Logia of Yeshua'', which collected what Urrutia and Davenport consider to be Jesus' authentic sayings from a variety of canonical and non-c ...

, Ecuadorian-American writer * Carlos Luis de Urrutia, 19th-century governor of Santo Domingo * Diego Dublé Urrutia, Chilean poet and diplomat * Enrique Alvear Urrutia, Chilean bishop * Estíbaliz Urrutia, Spanish long-distance runner *

Francisco de Paula Urrutia Ordóñez Francisco de Paula Urrutia Ordoñez (2 April 1827 — 12 September 1893) was a Colombian expatriate businessman living in Quito who served as 8th Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary '' ad honorem'' of Colombia Colombia (, ; ...

, Colombian diplomat * Francisco José Urrutia Olano, Colombian diplomat * Francisco José Urrutia Holguín, Colombian diplomat and jurist * Henry Urrutia (born 1987), Cuban baseball player * Iban Zubiaurre Urrutia, Spaniard footballer * Ignacio Bolivar y Urrutia (1850–1944), Spaniard naturalist and entomologist *

Ignacio Jose Urrutia Ignacio Jose Urrutia was a Cuban Cuban may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Cuba, a country in the Caribbean * Cubans, people from Cuba, or of Cuban descent ** Cuban exile, a person who left Cuba for political reasons, or a descendan ...

, Cuban historian *

Ignacio Urrutia Manzano Ignacio Urrutia Manzano (July 1, 1879 – February 8, 1951) was a Chilean politician. He served twice as President of the Senate of Chile and minister. He was born in Concepción, the son of Luis Urrutia Rozas and of Aurora Manzano Benavente. He ...

, Chilean politician * Ilma Urrutia, Guatemalan beauty pageant contestant *

Jenaro de Urrutia Olaran Jenaro de Urrutia Olaran was a painter born in Plencia/Plentzia in 1893 and who died in Bilbao on January 2, 1965 (both in Biscay, Spain). He studied his art in Bilbao, Paris and Rome. Mainly known by his mural paintings, landscapes and sce ...

, Basque painter * Jorge Urrutia, Chilean composer * Jorge Urrutia, Mexican mathematician *

José Antonio Gómez Urrutia José Antonio Gómez Urrutia (born December 18, 1953) is a Chilean lawyer, Social Democrat Radical Party politician, and a former senator and president of his party. He is the former Minister of Defense and former Minister of Justice in the seco ...

(born 1953), Chilean lawyer and politician * José de Urrutia, Tejano military * Josu Urrutia, Spaniard footballer * Juan Antonio de Urrutia y Arana, Mexican nobleman and patron of the arts * Karla Urrutia (born 1994), Mexican squash player *

Luis Gilberto Murillo Urrutia Luis Gilberto Murillo Urrutia (born 1967) is a Colombian politician and Mining Engineer who was the Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development from 2016 to 2018. He has also served as Governor of the predominantly Afro-Colombian Dep ...

(born 1967), Colombian engineer and politician * Manuel Urrutia Lleó, 20th President of Cuba *

María Isabel Urrutia María Isabel Urrutia Ocoró (born 25 March 1965) is a former weightlifter, athlete and politician from Colombia. She won the first ever gold medal for Colombia at the Summer Olympic Games. Athletic career ...

, Colombian athlete and politician *

Matilde Urrutia Matilde Urrutia Cerda (30 April 1912 – 5 January 1985) was the third wife of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, from 1966 until his death in 1973. They met in Santiago in 1946, when she was working as a physical therapist in Chile. She was the first woma ...

, wife of Pablo Neruda *

Miguel Urrutia Montoya Miguel Urrutia Montoya (born 20 April 1939) is a Colombian economist and author, currently serving as Titular Professor of Economics at the University of the Andes in Bogotá. He served as 12th General Manager of the Bank of the Republic of Col ...

, Colombian economist and politician *

Osmani Urrutia Osmani Urrutia Ramírez (also spelled ''Osmany'') (born June 29, 1976 in Jobabo, Las Tunas Province, Cuba) is a Cuban baseball player. He plays right field for the Las Tunas Magos of the Cuban National Series and for the Cuba n ...

(born 1976), Cuban baseball player * Patricio Urrutia, Ecuadorian footballer * Paulina Urrutia (born 1969), Chilean actress and politician * Pedro R. Pierluisi Urrutia (born 1959), Puerto Rican lawyer and politician *

Roberto Urrutia Roberto Antonio Urrutia Herdez (born December 7, 1957), known as Tony Urrutia, was a Cuban-American Olympic weightlifter. He later defected to, and competed for, the United States. Weightlifting achievements * Senior world champion (1977–19 ...

, Cuban American Olympic weightlifter * Ruben Urrutia, Puerto Rican rapper *

Santiago Urrutia Santiago Urrutia Lausarot (born 30 August 1996) is an Uruguayan racing driver. He currently competes in the World Touring Car Cup, driving for Cyan Performance Lynk & Co. He formerly competed in Indy Lights, and was the 2015 Pro Mazda series ch ...

, Uruguayan racing driver *

Tatiana Urrutia Tatiana Karina Urrutia Herrera (born 17 September 1982) is a Chilean lawyer who was elected as a member of the Chilean Constitutional Convention The Constitutional Convention () was the constituent body of the Chile, Republic of Chile in cha ...

, Chilean lawyer and politician *

Wenceslao Ramírez de Villa-Urrutia, 1st Marquis of Villa-Urrutia Wenceslao Ramírez de Villa-Urrutia, 1st Marquis of Villa-Urrutia (1850, in Havana – 1933, in Madrid) was a Spanish noble, politician and diplomat who served as Minister of State between 27 January and 23 June 1905, in a cabinet headed by Raim ...

, Spanish noble, politician and diplomat

People with the name

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