How common is the surname Zavaleta?

3,036 people in the United States had the surname Zavaleta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,695 Americans. It ranked 10,555th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Zavaleta getting more or less common?

More common. 1,639 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,036 in 2010, up 85%.

The surname Zavaleta

A Spanish surname, carried by 3,036 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex Z143

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Zavaleta is more common than 93.5% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Zavaleta, from Basque Zabaleta, from zabal (“wide, ample”).

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,036 people named Zavaleta in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 101,695 Americans. That is up 85% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,639.

#10,555

rank among US surnames

3,036

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+85.2%

change since 2000 (was #16,208)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,548	Wilkin	3,039	101,594
#10,552	Basler	3,038	101,628
#10,553	Hilty	3,037	101,661
#10,555	Magness	3,036	101,695
#10,560	Biggerstaff	3,035	101,728
#10,563	Nadler	3,034	101,762

Who is named Zavaleta

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

96% of people named Zavaleta identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.0% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 96%
White (not Hispanic) 4.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Zavaleta come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Zavaleta, from Basque Zabaleta, from zabal (“wide, ample”).
How common is the surname Zavaleta?: 3,036 people in the United States had the surname Zavaleta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,695 Americans. It ranked 10,555th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Zavaleta?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Zavaleta identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.0% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Zavaleta getting more or less common?: More common. 1,639 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,036 in 2010, up 85%.