# Zavala (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/zavala/  
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 [in turn from Basque].

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 51,153 |
| US rank (2010) | 667 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 6,036 people |
| Change since 2000 | +50% (34,068 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /səˈvɑː.lə/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Zavala, itself from Basque.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Zavala 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) | 3.3% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 96% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 0.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Zavala in Republic of Texas.

## People named Zavala

- Lorenzo de Zavala, 19th-century Mexican politician (1788-1836)

## Similar surnames

Zabala, Zabel, Zobel, Ziebell, Zweifel.

## 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.