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The Zanella surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 626 people carried this name — #35,866 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is down 7% from 674 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Zanella surname

A surname from Italian.

Unadapted borrowing from Italian Zanella.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Zanella» (Portuguese), 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 743 people named Zanella 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.

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Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 267
Santa Fe 186
Córdoba 164
Mendoza 48
City of Buenos Aires 39
Misiones 39

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 366 people named Zanella.

113 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 41 départements, most often Moselle.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 113
Moselle 44
Meurthe-et-Moselle 43
Paris 21
Alpes-Maritimes 15
Haute-Garonne 13
Isère 13
Savoie 12
Côte-d’Or 9

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

273 people named Zanella live in Switzerland.

They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 55
Valais 40
Ticino 34
Bern 31
Geneva 29
St. Gallen 15
Schaffhausen 11
Aargau 11

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 Belgium’s population register

At least 36 people named Zanella live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.

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

Where they live today

Liège 20
Hainaut 11
Luxembourg Province 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Zanella,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Giacomo Zanella
    Giacomo Zanella 1820–1888 · writer
  • Amilcare Zanella
    Amilcare Zanella 1873–1949 · composer
  • Riccardo Zanella
    Riccardo Zanella 1875–1959 · politician
  • Silvio Zanella
    Silvio Zanella 1918–2003 · painter
  • Siro Zanella
    Siro Zanella 1946– · politician
  • Giuditta Zanella 1801–2000

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 73 lives in all are documented under this name.

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