The Vidaurri one-name study is a research effort pertaining to the Vidaure and Vidaurre variant names. It is a collection of references to the name from many different places and that may or may not be part of my personal family tree. References include:

• Variants of Vidaurri

• Origins of the Vidaurri name

• Historical occurrences of Vidaurri

• Frequency of Vidaurri

• Distribution of Vidaurri

• Genealogical data for Vidaurri

• DNA of the Vidaurri line (Y-chromosome)

This section contains information about variants of the name Vidaurri.

Source: https://forebears.io/surnames/vidaurri/a> and https://forebears.io/surnames/bidaure

The surname Vidaurri first appears on historical documents in Catalonia in northeastern Spain. The name “Vidaurri” is a variant of the Basque Bidaurre. It is a topographic (describing a landmark) name: Bide meaning ‘road’ or ‘way’ + aurre meaning ‘near’ or ‘facing’. Therefore, Bidaurre means facing the road.

Source: https://www.houseofnames.com/vidaurre-family-crest

• Teresa Gil de Vidaurri (? – 15 July 1285), married to King Jaime I of Aragon
• Antonio Vidaurre (1724-1780), Spanish painter, poet, and writer
• Jose Antonio Vidaurre (1798-1837), Chilean military officer who led a failed insurrection in 1837
• Jose Santiago Vidaurri Valdez (1809-1867), Mexican governor (Nuevo Leon and Coahuila)
• Jose Milla y Vidaurre (1822-1882), Guatemalan writer
• Enrique Varela Vidaurre (1856-1914), Peruvian soldier and politician
• Guillermo Cossio Vidaurri, Mexican governor (Jalisco)

There are approximately 25,916 people on earth with the surname Bidaure, Vidaure, Bidaurre, Vidaurre, Bidaurri, or Vidaurri. The distribution is as follows:

See above.

As I gather global Vidaurri information, I will place it in this section.

My personal Vidaure family tree can be found on Ancestry.com.

My father had his Y-DNA researched. When comparing his markers with other FamilyTree DNA testers, we get the following matches:

TBD