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Question:I've been searching for my last name in the web like crazy to find out some information about it but I cant find anything?

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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I've been searching for my last name in the web like crazy to find out some information about it but I cant find anything?

HELP ME PLS ?

Sustaita
Castilianized variant (common in Mexico) of Basque Suztaeta, which has two origins.
topographic name denoting someone who lived where broom grew, from a reduced form of isutz ‘broom’ + the suffix -ta + the locative suffix -eta.
topographic name for someone who lived in a grassy field, from usa ‘grass’ +

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This is what www.ancestry.com has to say about the name.

Sustaita
Castilianized variant (common in Mexico) of Basque Suztaeta, which has two origins.
topographic name denoting someone who lived where broom grew, from a reduced form of isutz ‘broom’ + the suffix -ta + the locative suffix -eta.
topographic name for someone who lived in a grassy field, from usa ‘grass’ + the locative suffix -eta.
Dictionary of American

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http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-b...
For any (assumed) US family, this is usually my first stop. The social security death index includes (with some exceptions) any person dying in the US since about 1960ish. There are earlier entries, not sure how consistent they are. What this provides are dates and places of death, as well as where they lived when they applied for ss card, and you can also send for the file if you choose. Using the death date, for example, may clarify exactly when grandpa died, and then you can also get the death certificate.
Depending on how long the family has been here.. the next place would be looking in census records, which are 'open' up to 1930. Later ones are restricted for privacy reasons. The census gives names of family members, ages, relationships, place of birth for the persons and their parents. All of these are clues, to lead to the next level of info.
There are numerous files like these, that are 'under the radar', and won't show in a google search. You learn as you go. As long as you start with yourself, and build backwards, the info will always be known to be YOUR actual relatives. Not everyone with the same last name will be related.
Even if the actual name might come from Spain, there is always the question of where it went between then and today. Spanish settlers went throughout North and South America. If you choose to actually find your ancestry, you have to know where the records will be, and not where the name originated. www.cyndislist.com is my personal favorite site, to give you an idea of the thousands of possible resources for researching.