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The Zabala surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,348 people carried this name — #7,637 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 68,000 people counted. That is up 24% from 3,498 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Zabala surname

From Spanish, of Basque origin.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Zabala» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 26,118 people named Zabala live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 8,892
Córdoba 4,256
Santa Fe 3,440
Mendoza 1,471
Entre Ríos 1,451
Corrientes 1,154
City of Buenos Aires 1,130
San Luis 667

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 97 people named Zabala.

48 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Pyrénées-Atlantiques.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 48
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 16
Gironde 8
Bouches-du-Rhône 8
Landes 6
Hauts-de-Seine 3
Paris 2
Gard 1
Yvelines 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

60 people named Zabala live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Geneva 33
Bern 10
Vaud 9
Zurich 5
Aargau 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In print

Zabala in American newspapers,
1874–1891.

Newspaper page from Luxemburger Gazette carrying the name Zabala
Luxemburger Gazette 1874-09-23
Newspaper page from Luxemburger Gazette carrying the name Zabala
Luxemburger Gazette 1874-10-21
Newspaper page from The Arizona Sentinel carrying the name Zabala
The Arizona Sentinel 1891-09-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,352 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Zabala,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Cathalina Zabala Celaya 1646–
  • Maria Zabala Celaya 1649–
  • Bauptista Zabala Celaya 1653–
  • Francisco Zabala Elormendi 1655–
  • Ana Zabala Celaya 1655–
  • Juanes Zabala Celarain 1660–

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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