For Arocho there are 661 on Yasni with different names.
Among the most common last names on Yasni Arocho is on position 3866.
The surname Arocho is an occupational name that means carpenter. It hails from the Pais Vasco "Basque Country" of Northern Spain and Southern France. In the Basque Language it is correctly spelled Arotxo or Arotzo. Both "Tx" and "Tz" have a "ch" sound. Many names were hispanized over the years. The Surname is has recorded roots to the early 1500's during the Spanish Inquisition and is believed to have ancestral origins that belong to Shepardic Jews. The original jewish surname is not presently known since records seem to indicate that a Spanish lord changed the original name of this family to their occupational variant to help them survive the inquisition of the Catholic church. Some variants of the name Arocho are Arocha, Aroche, De Arocho and others. Descendants of the Arocho's left northern spain and southern france during the conquest of the new world and often first came to the Canary Islands and then moved onto the carribean and americas. A large number of descendants of the Arocho surname can still be found in North Western Puerto Rico in Aguadilla, Moca, San Sebastian and surrounding areas to this day along with the Virgin Islands. The Arocho surname and its variants have also been recorded in Cuba, Mexico, Argentina and some french speaking carribean islands.
(Sent from: A. E. Arocho Gomez)
