The Spanish surname Ortega is of locative origin. The original bearer of the name Ortega was named for the place they cam from, in this case a number of towns and villages of the name Ortega found in the provinces of Burgos, La Coruna and Jaen. The name means " a settlement by nettles " from the Spanish word ortiga meaning nettles. The earliest record of the name in Spanish records occurs in Valladolid in the late 16th Century when Phelpa de Ortega was christened on March 2nd 1570. Today there are more than 95,000 people with the last name Ortega living in The United States.

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