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 juristAliecer Urrutia (born 1974), Cuban athleteAureliano Urrutia (1871–1975), Mexican physician and politicianBenjamin Urrutia, Ecuadorian-American writerCarlos Luis de Urrutia, 19th-century governor of Santo DomingoEstíbaliz Urrutia, Spanish long-distance runnerFrancisco de Paula Urrutia Ordóñez, Colombian diplomatFrancisco José Urrutia Olano, Colombian diplomatFrancisco José Urrutia Holguín, Colombian diplomat and juristHenry Urrutia (born 1987), Cuban baseball playerIgnacio Urrutia Manzano, Chilean politicianIgnacio Jose Urrutia, Cuban historianIlma Urrutia, Guatemalan beauty pageant contestantJacob Urrutia, American television actor.Jenaro de Urrutia Olaran, Basque painterJorge Urrutia, Chilean composerJorge Urrutia, Mexican mathematicianJosé de Urrutia, Tejano militaryJoseph de Urrutia, 18th-century cartographerJosu Urrutia, Spaniard footballerJuan Antonio de Urrutia y Arana, Mexican nobleman and patron of the artsKarla Urrutia (born 1994), Mexican squash player.Manuel Urrutia Lleó, 20th President of CubaMaría Urrutia, Colombian athlete and politicianMatilde Urrutia, wife of Pablo NerudaMiguel Urrutia Montoya, Colombian economist and politicianOsmani Urrutia Ramírez, Cuban baseball playerPatricio Urrutia, Ecuadorian footballerRoberto Urrutia, Cuban American Olympic weightlifteRuben Urrutia, Puerto Rican rapperVanessa Urrutia Cardona, Puerto Rican artist, composer and singer. Also studied Chemistry and PharmacySantiago Urrutia, Uruguayan racing driverEnrique Alvear Urrutia, Chilean bishopIgnacio Bolívar y Urrutia, Spaniard naturalist and entomologistDiego Dublé Urrutia, Chilean poet and diplomatJosé Antonio Gómez Urrutia, Chilean lawyer and politicianAlfonso Hortiz de Urrutia, 15th-century Spanish humanist writerLuis Gilberto Murillo Urrutia, Colombian engineer and politicianPedro R. Pierluisi Urrutia, Puerto Rican lawyer and politicianIban Zubiaurre Urrutia, Spaniard footballerDon Wenceslao Ramirez de Villa-Urrutia, Spanish noble, politician and diplomat