This surname belongs to a Navarrese (Navarro) lineage. Coming from the place of its
name, from the Yerri Town Hall and Estella judicial district, it has a toponymic origin; that is, they take their last name from the name of the place where they lived, or having the properties of the first bearer of the name.  Its meaning is "the badger" and it is composed of the Basque word "azco(i)a" which means "badger" and the article "-a".  Its branches created new houses in the places of Arizalá, ?rnioia? and Dicastillo, from the judicial district of Estella. One branch goes to Aragón
(Ribagorza). Another rabicó in Dizcaya, yet another in Espinosa de los Monteras (Burgos) and it belonged to Ventura de Azcona who married Doña Antonia de Buega; born from this union, Joaquin de Azcona, a native of the place of Secabura, merindad de Crasmiera. From the House of Urbiola came Tomás de Azcona y Echarren, who married Mrs. Estalina Fernandez de Merbiacren. A descendant of this bed was Jerónimo de Azcona y Echarren de Senar, a natural
of Serate (Navarre) and Knight of the Order of Santiago, in which he entered October 20, 1690. There are several bearers of this surname that appear in the lists of soldiers who served in the ranks of the Spanish army; among them, the following that are cited in the General Military Archive of Segovia on the dates and regiments indicated: In the Regiment of
Infantry, entered the noble descendants of this lineage Cupercio Azcona in 1796 and Remigio Azcona in 1809.
	The surname Azcona appears, with its corresponding coat of arms, in a compilation of biasons, made by the chronicler Vicente de Cadenas and Vicent, in which he collects the arms corresponding to Spanish families that were recognized by the Spanish noble estates.