# Zafra (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/zafra/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 940 |
| US rank (2010) | 26,067 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 328,453 people |
| Change since 2000 | +43% (657 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Spanish, of toponymic origin (after a city in Badajoz). Usually a common Filipino surname.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Zafra in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 5.4% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 65% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 26% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Similar surnames

Zafar, Zuber, Zubair, Zaveri.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.