# Zappa (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/zappa/  
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 Italian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,100 |
| US rank (2010) | 23,185 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 280,678 people |
| Change since 2000 | -5.7% (1,166 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Zappa.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Zappa 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) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Zappa in the United States.

## People named Zappa

- Frank Zappa, American musician (1940–1993)
- Dweezil Zappa, American rock guitarist and actor
- Moon Zappa, American singer, and actress.
- Ahmet Zappa, American musician
- Diva Zappa, American artist and actress

## Similar surnames

Zappia, Zapf, Zubia, Zepp, Zipp.

## 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.