The surname Zayas
A Basque place surname, carried by 8,045 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex Z200
Origin
Basque origin
Borrowed from the Spanish habitational surname Zayas, which is from Basque zai (“watchman, guard”).
Zayas is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
One of 20 Basque surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 8,045 people named Zayas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 38,377 Americans. That is up 26% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,410.
Who is named Zayas
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
90% of people named Zayas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 8.1% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 90%
- White (not Hispanic) 8.1%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
- Two or more races 0.2%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Other Basque surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Zayas come from?
- Borrowed from the Spanish habitational surname Zayas, which is from Basque zai (“watchman, guard”).
- How common is the surname Zayas?
- 8,045 people in the United States had the surname Zayas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,377 Americans. It ranked 4,414th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Zayas?
- In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Zayas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 8.1% as white (not Hispanic).
- What type of surname is Zayas?
- Zayas is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
- Is the surname Zayas getting more or less common?
- More common. 6,410 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,045 in 2010, up 26%.