Zúñiga is a surname used by a lot of Hispanics across North and South
America and some in Spain, however its origin is not from
Spanish descent but from Basque or Navarra descent. Theres a city named Zúñiga in the region of Navarre but it was originally called Estuñiga but later changed due to Castilian invaders renaming it to fit the
Spanish language. Zúñigans migrated to across the Spanish colonies and they would be called ___
de Zúñiga because they were from Zúñiga which began the surname
The city itself was founded by the descendants of one of the original basque kings and their surname was íñigo or íñiguez.
Zúñigas owned ruled over large amounts of land at points and some even governed lands in spain and new spain! (colonial mexico)
If you're last name is Zuniga
don't be shocked to see you have basque
dna.
Hey is your last name zúñiga? it has some interesting
history.
yes it is! apparently im a descendant of Álvaro II
de Zúñiga y Guzmán and he was the
duke of Béjar and Plasencia!