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    The surname Zabala

    A surname, carried by 4,348 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex Z140

    Zabala: #7,637 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Zabala #7,637, 4,348 people Zabala: #7,637 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Zabala #7,637, 4,348 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Zabala is more common than 95.3% of them.

    Origin

    From Spanish, of Basque origin.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,348 people named Zabala in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 71,009 Americans. That is up 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,498.

    #7,637
    rank among US surnames
    4,348
    people in 2010
    1.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +24.3%
    change since 2000 (was #8,650)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,629Brann4,35070,976
    #7,633Stites4,34970,992
    #7,637Zabala4,34871,009
    #7,638Grizzle4,34771,025
    #7,641Walcott4,34671,041
    #7,643Kerby4,34571,058
    #7,644Ito4,34471,074

    Who is named Zabala

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    75% of people named Zabala identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 13% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 10% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 75%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 13%
    • White (not Hispanic) 10%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Zabalas

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Leonardo Zabala
      Bolivian footballer, born 2003
    • Facundo Zabala
      Argentine association football player, born 1999

    Notable Zabalas come mostly from Bolivia (1) and Argentina (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Zabala

    Zabala has the Soundex code Z140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Z140.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Zabala come from?
    From Spanish, of Basque origin.
    How common is the surname Zabala?
    4,348 people in the United States had the surname Zabala in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,009 Americans. It ranked 7,637th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Zabala?
    In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Zabala identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 13% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Zabala?
    Leonardo Zabala, Bolivian footballer, followed by Facundo Zabala.
    Where is the surname Zabala most common?
    Wikidata records people named Zabala in Bolivia and Argentina.
    Is the surname Zabala getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,498 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,348 in 2010, up 24%.