Bastarache
# Bastarache

Bastarache (French pronunciation: ​) is a French surname of Basque origin. It was formed as a patronym of Basterreche, which itself is a topographic name for someone who lived in a house by a boundary, or on the edge of a settlement or the corner of a street. It is ultimately derived from Basque bazter ("border", "edge") and eche ("house"). It was one of the original Acadian surnames.

## Notable people

Notable people with this surname include:

* Michel Bastarache dit Basque (1730-1820), Canadian Acadian
* Michel Bastarache (born 1947), Canadian judge

## Places

The hamlet of Bastarache in Sainte-Marie-de-Kent, New Brunswick was named after early settlers Joseph Bastarache, Isidore Bastarache or Peter Bastarache, or after Adrien Bastarache, the first postmaster.

