Spanish (of Basque origin): topographic name from Basque ola
‘forge’ + berri ‘new’ + the definite article -a, or
possibly variant form of the habitational name from any of the places
in Navarre named Olaberri.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Olavarria
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Olavarria census records
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