Do you know an Arizmendez?

Question:That is my last name. I found out while I was in Spain that my name has its origins from the northern parts of Spain. I was just wondering if anyone has any ties with anyone with the same last name. I am interested in verifying this is actually true. Thanks.

~Steven

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: That is my last name. I found out while I was in Spain that my name has its origins from the northern parts of Spain. I was just wondering if anyone has any ties with anyone with the same last name. I am interested in verifying this is actually true. Thanks.

~Steven

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/f...
has 58 entries for the exact spelling. They are all in places Spaniards colonized, not Span itself.

http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.c...
has 6 entries.

There are only 668 hits for it in Google, so it is rare.

http://www.buber.net/Basque/Surname/A/ar...
says
==========================
ARIZMENDEZ Is a variation located in Mexico of the Surname ARIZMENDI. In the books that I have consulted this surname only exists in Mexico, and it doesn't exists in the Basque Country. Another possibility would be that there were two surnames, one of them Basque: ARIZ, and the other Spanish MENDEZ, but I don't think this would be a satisfactory answer.
=================================
The Basque country is in the north of Spain