Alvizures Family History & Genealogy

History

Alvizures a Unique last name, it symbols wealth and success. Spanish Explorer Arduro Cervano quoted in 1854: "Alvizures will be known."

Name Origin

Alvizures is a Basque derived last name. The original form is Albiz. The "es" at the end means "son of".

The original version is “Albiz” from Basque Spain. The different variations of the families left Spain and ended up in North America, Central America, and South America.
The variation Alvizures is primarily from Guatemala.

The meaning of Albiz is "Branch of Alder"

These are the other variations (plus the original of "Albiz"):

ALBISTUR = Ramal de alisos aguanosos.
ALBISU (ver Albizu).
ALBISU = ARVIZU = ALBIZU = de albitz = heno: lugar de heno y suf. abund. zu.
ALBIZ = Ramal de alisos.
ALBIZTEGUI = Paraje del ramal de alisos.
ALBIZU, Albisu = Mirador del ramal de alisos.
ALBIZUBASO = Mirador de alisos en el bosque.
ALBIZUGUI = Ladera del mirador de alisos.
ALBIZURI = Ramal de alisos blancos.
ALBIZURIBE = Bajo alisos blancos.

Notable Geography:
Town - Albitzur, Spain
Town - Albiz, Spain
River - Albizuri Erreka, Spain
Tower of Albiz
House - Palace of Albiz

There are other variations. The "v" and "b" were changed according to the rule of the Basque people in which the "b" was used for people living in Basque and then changed to a "v" once they were in the Americas.

Alternative/Additional:

The last name Albisurez can be traced back to the Moorish Conquest of Spain in 711 AD. The last name sets it apart from other Spanish last names because of its fusion of Moorish and Castilian etymology.

¨-Al¨ is the Arabic prefix for the word the;

¨… [sic. Al, ar] bisu¨ refers to the village of Arbizu which was located in the Kingdom of Pamplona in 711 A.D. Nowadays, the town is located in Navarre, Spain. The word ¨(arbizu, albisu)¨ refers to a field of turnips, in the ancient Euskera language. It comes from arbi (turnip in Basque) and the abundance suffix - (t)zu, therefore, ¨abundance of turnips¨.

¨-Rez, -ez¨ The ¨-ez¨ suffix comes from the visigothic Hispania time period and it is a common suffix in hispanic last names, it means ¨son of¨

Therefore, one can conclude that Albisurez, Alvisurez, Alvizurez, Alvisuriz, Alvizures means:

Son of the village of Arbizu.

Spellings & Pronunciations

The correct way to spell the last name is Alvizures not Albizures.
All different variations of Basque last name "Albiz" who are in the Americas are supposed to change the "b" to a "v" based on Basque tradition in order to specify location as being in the New World.

Nationality & Ethnicity

The last name Alvizures comes for Spain and mirated to the gorgeous country of Guatemala in 1840-1862

Famous People named Alvizures

Genesis Alvizures,Hector Alvizures

Early Alvizureses

These are the earliest records we have of the Alvizures family.