Urrutia, meaning "distant, far away" in Basque (also known as Euskera) is the name of a family that originated in Zumárraga in the province of Gipuzkoa, and then spread out throughout the Basque country, and eventually throughout the Americas – South, Central and North and the Philippines. Notable members of the Urrutia family include:
Abraham Oyanedel Urrutia, Chilean politician and jurist
Aliecer Urrutia (born 1974), Cuban athlete
Aureliano Urrutia (1871–1975), Mexican physician and politician
Benjamin Urrutia, Ecuadorian-American writer
Carlos Luis de Urrutia, 19th-century governor of Santo Domingo
Estíbaliz Urrutia, Spanish long-distance runner
Francisco de Paula Urrutia Ordóñez, Colombian diplomat
Francisco José Urrutia Olano, Colombian diplomat
Francisco José Urrutia Holguín, Colombian diplomat and jurist
Henry Urrutia (born 1987), Cuban baseball player
Ignacio Urrutia Manzano, Chilean politician
Ignacio Jose Urrutia, Cuban historian
Ilma Urrutia, Guatemalan beauty pageant contestant
Jacob Urrutia, American television actor.
Jenaro de Urrutia Olaran, Basque painter
Jorge Urrutia, Chilean composer
Jorge Urrutia, Mexican mathematician
José de Urrutia, Tejano military
Joseph de Urrutia, 18th-century cartographer
Josu Urrutia, Spaniard footballer
Juan Antonio de Urrutia y Arana, Mexican nobleman and patron of the arts
Karla Urrutia (born 1994), Mexican squash player.
Manuel Urrutia Lleó, 20th President of Cuba
María Urrutia, Colombian athlete and politician
Matilde Urrutia, wife of Pablo Neruda
Miguel Urrutia Montoya, Colombian economist and politician
Osmani Urrutia Ramírez, Cuban baseball player
Patricio Urrutia, Ecuadorian footballer
Roberto Urrutia, Cuban American Olympic weightlifte
Ruben Urrutia, Puerto Rican rapper
Vanessa Urrutia Cardona, Puerto Rican artist, composer and singer. Also studied Chemistry and Pharmacy
Santiago Urrutia, Uruguayan racing driver
Enrique Alvear Urrutia, Chilean bishop
Ignacio Bolívar y Urrutia, Spaniard naturalist and entomologist
Diego Dublé Urrutia, Chilean poet and diplomat
José Antonio Gómez Urrutia, Chilean lawyer and politician
Alfonso Hortiz de Urrutia, 15th-century Spanish humanist writer
Luis Gilberto Murillo Urrutia, Colombian engineer and politician
Pedro R. Pierluisi Urrutia, Puerto Rican lawyer and politician
Iban Zubiaurre Urrutia, Spaniard footballer
Don Wenceslao Ramirez de Villa-Urrutia, Spanish noble, politician and diplomat
