The Zappa surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,100 people carried this name — #23,185 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 270,300 people counted. That is down 6% from 1,166 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 644 people named Zappa 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 mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
211 people named Zappa live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 63 people named Zappa.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Zappa in American newspapers,
1921–1958.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,495 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Zappa,
with a public archive behind them.
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Gino Zappa 1879–1960 · economist -
Guido Zappa 1915–2015 · mathematician -
Franco Zappa 1922–2003 · politician -
Frank Zappa 1940–1993 · screenwriter -
Dweezil Zappa 1969– · actor -
Francesco Zappa 1717–1803 · composer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 47 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Zappa.
- Zanone 279 · U.S. census
- Zanoni 787 · U.S. census
- Zanotti 697 · U.S. census
- Zanotto 177 · U.S. census
- Zapata 32,274 · U.S. census
- Zapp 872 · U.S. census
- Zappia 1,110 · U.S. census
- Zara 725 · U.S. census
- Zaragoza 18,908 · U.S. census
- Zarate 20,992 · U.S. census
- Zarb 199 · U.S. census
- Zaremba 2,372 · U.S. census
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