How common is the surname Zappa?

1,100 people in the United States had the surname Zappa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 280,678 Americans. It ranked 23,185th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Zappa?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Zappa identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Zappa?

Frank Zappa, American musician (1940–1993), followed by Dweezil Zappa.

Where is the surname Zappa most common?

Wikidata records people named Zappa in the United States.

Is the surname Zappa getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,166 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,100 in 2010, down 5.7%.

The surname Zappa

An Italian surname, carried by 1,100 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex Z100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Zappa is more common than 85.7% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Zappa.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,100 people named Zappa in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 280,678 Americans. That is down 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,166.

#23,185

rank among US surnames

1,100

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-5.7%

change since 2000 (was #21,004)

Who is named Zappa

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

96% of people named Zappa identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Zappas

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Frank Zappa
American musician (1940–1993)
Dweezil Zappa
American rock guitarist and actor, born 1969
Moon Zappa
American singer, and actress., born 1967
Ahmet Zappa
American musician, born 1974
Diva Zappa
American artist and actress, born 1979

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Zappa

Zappa has the Soundex code Z100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Z100.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Zappa come from?: Borrowed from Italian Zappa.
How common is the surname Zappa?: 1,100 people in the United States had the surname Zappa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 280,678 Americans. It ranked 23,185th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Zappa?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Zappa identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Zappa?: Frank Zappa, American musician (1940–1993), followed by Dweezil Zappa.
Where is the surname Zappa most common?: Wikidata records people named Zappa in the United States.
Is the surname Zappa getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,166 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,100 in 2010, down 5.7%.