The Zaza surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 280 people carried this name — #69,996 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is up 10% from 255 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 147 people named Zaza 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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 76 people named Zaza.
Most of them — 39 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 4 départements, most often Isère.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
35 people named Zaza live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 the Nordic population registers
138 people named Zaza is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Zaza,
with a public archive behind them.
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Francesco Zaza 1929–2012 · pianist
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Michele Zaza 1945–1994
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Michele Zaza 1945–1994
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Michele Zaza 1948– · photographer
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Paul Zaza 1952– · composer
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Neil Zaza 1964– · guitarist
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Zaza.
- 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
- Zbinden 421 · U.S. census
- Zborowski 289 · U.S. census
- Zebrowski 1,739 · U.S. census
- Zecca 677 · U.S. census
- Zecchini 210 · U.S. census
- Zech 1,324 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Zaza is.
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