Urdaneta

Urdaneta is a family name for the following people:

Andrés de Urdaneta (1498–1568), Spanish navigator, cartographer and explorer
Gabriel Urdaneta (* 1976), Venezuelan football player
Isabel Sánchez de Urdaneta , Venezuelan women's rights activist and diplomat
Luciano Urdaneta Vargas (1825–1899), Venezuelan engineer and architect
Oscar Sambrano Urdaneta (1929–2011), Venezuelan writer
Rafael Urdaneta (1788–1845), Venezuelan general, Greater Colombia President and Minister of War
Rafael Guillermo Urdaneta (1823–1862), Venezuelan general and presidential candidate
Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez (1890–1972), incumbent President of Colombia from 1951 to 1953

The places are called Urdaneta