The Spanish surname Zuñiga, found in the Basque country, is an habitational name from a place in Navarre province named Zuñiga, derived from  the Basque terms zuin meaning “ a cultivated field” and iga meaning “ an incline, or a slope.” The earliest record of the name is in the Basque country in the early 13th Century. The name is first recorded in the New World in 1513 when Rodrigo de Zuñiga sailed to America. Today there are approximately 40,000 bearers of the name Zuñiga living in the United States. 

Zuñiga Family Crest Ring