Azcárate is a Spanish and Basque surname, common in Navarra and Guipúzcoa. The name may mean "High, rocky mountain pass." Azcárate is also found in Mexico City, Chihuahua, and Coahuila. Also spelled Escarate and Ascarate. Notable people with this surname include the following:
Federico Azcárate (1984-), Argentine footballer
Gumersindo de Azcárate (1840-1917), Spanish philosopher
Juan Francisco Azcárate (1896-?), Mexican military figure and TNCA aircraft designer.
Juan Francisco Azcárate y Ledesma (1760-1814), Mexican lawyer
Manuel Azcárate 1916–1998), Spanish journalist and, politician
Pablo de Azcárate (1890–1971), Spanish diplomat.
Miguel María Azcárate Vera de Villavicencio (1803-1865), military and political figure, Governor of Federal District in 1850s.
Juana María de Azcárate y Romero de Stephenson (1809-1856), philanthropist, wife of Col. Hugh Stephenson.
Juan Andrés Azcárate y Elías González (1781-?), merchant and miner, resident of Janos, Chihuahua.
Ignacio de Azcárate y Echeverría (1752-?), soldier, Alférez, Janos and Paso del Norte, Nueva Vizcaya (Chihuahua, Mexico), born Villa Plasencia, Vizcaya, Spain, arrived in Nueva Vizcaya 1776.
