Esparza surname meaning

Esparza is a Basque surname in Castilian spelling, a habitational name from Espartza (Spanish Esparza), a village in Navarre. Families took the place-name as their identifier when they moved elsewhere in Spain and later into the Americas. Esparsa is a Mexican altered form; the Basque Espartza spelling still appears in Navarrese contexts. The deeper etymology of the village name is debated among Basqueists, but the surname type is clearly locational. Place is the catalog type, and the Navarre habitational reading is high confidence.