The Zavala surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 51,153 people carried this name — #667 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 5,770 people counted. That is up 50% from 34,068 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Zavala surname
From Basque Zabala, from zabal (“wide”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entries «Zavala» (Spanish) and «Zabala» (Basque), 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 4,666 people named Zavala 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 print
Zavala in American newspapers,
1854–1945.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,589 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Zavala,
with a public archive behind them.
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Lorenzo de Zavala 1788–1836 · politician -
Juan de Zavala, 1st Marquis of Sierra Bullones 1804–1879 · military personnel -
José Víctor Zavala 1815–1886 · military personnel -
Joaquín Zavala 1835–1906 · politician -
Ramón Zavala 1853–1880 · military personnel
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 154 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Zavala,
in the records of 2 countries.
Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.
United States721 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 566
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 91
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 59
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
- Sacramento County historic burials 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Abran ZavalaBorn 1920 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Sam Houston; farmer from Gonzales County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at St James Catholic Cemetry, Gonzales, Texas.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Jose M. ZavalaU.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1957, died 1999; buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.
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Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s Alien registration Maria ZavalaBorn 1874 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in Phoenix, Arizona, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.
U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)
Showing 3 of 721 records for Zavala in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).
France6 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Marie Isidora ZavalaBorn 1907 in Ossès; died 1983 in Cambo-les-Bains (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Juan ZavalaBorn 1921 in Romania; died 1997 in Paris.
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Etiennette Juliette ZavalaBorn 1912 in Saint Pierre en L'Ile; died 1995 in Bry-sur-Marne (Val-de-Marne).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 6 records for Zavala in France.
Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Zavala.
- Zarate 20,992 · U.S. census
- Zarb 199 · U.S. census
- Zaremba 2,372 · U.S. census
- Zarka 192 · U.S. census
- Zaug 155 · U.S. census
- Zaugg 1,039 · U.S. census
- Zawada 774 · U.S. census
- Zawadzki 1,347 · U.S. census
- Zayas 8,045 · U.S. census
- Zaza 280 · U.S. census
- Zbinden 421 · U.S. census
- Zborowski 289 · U.S. census
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