The origin of surname Zurita is Aragon, Spain, the place of the same name in Huesca. After pass to Castile. In the period of the reconquest was established in Andalusia, in the place called Zurita of Villavicencio, in Jerez de la Frontera (Cadiz).

In 1554, the name Zurita way to America, in the person of Aloso de Zurita, the historian.

Some variations of this surname are: Zurita Zurita, Zorita, Zureta and others.