Zabala Surname
Approximately 128,910 people bear this surname
Zabala Surname Definition:
A variant of "zabal," a Basque word which refers to a grove of evergreen oaks and also has the meaning of flat plain.
Basque word meaning "anchura" or width.
Zavala is Basque name from Vizcaya and traced to knight Lope Zavala who accompanied the King don Pelayo on conquests.
Read More About This SurnameZabala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 22,768 | 1:1,877 | 243 |
| Colombia | 20,305 | 1:2,353 | 439 |
| Philippines | 18,921 | 1:5,351 | 438 |
| Bolivia | 15,406 | 1:689 | 137 |
| Venezuela | 14,578 | 1:2,072 | 361 |
| Spain | 9,148 | 1:5,111 | 632 |
| Dominican Republic | 7,742 | 1:1,348 | 217 |
| Iraq | 4,491 | 1:7,798 | 660 |
| United States | 4,162 | 1:87,088 | 9,814 |
| Ecuador | 3,844 | 1:4,138 | 701 |
| Mexico | 1,999 | 1:62,094 | 2,924 |
| Uruguay | 824 | 1:4,165 | 485 |
| Chile | 618 | 1:28,506 | 1,615 |
| Saudi Arabia | 557 | 1:55,396 | 7,891 |
| Guatemala | 394 | 1:40,819 | 2,092 |
| Brazil | 385 | 1:556,037 | 20,801 |
| France | 364 | 1:182,480 | 28,421 |
| El Salvador | 320 | 1:19,825 | 921 |
| Honduras | 307 | 1:28,718 | 972 |
| Peru | 292 | 1:108,850 | 6,678 |
| Cuba | 275 | 1:41,901 | 1,850 |
| Paraguay | 244 | 1:29,659 | 1,021 |
| Nicaragua | 153 | 1:39,354 | 1,282 |
| Canada | 114 | 1:323,207 | 29,592 |
| Singapore | 90 | 1:61,197 | 2,397 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Australia | 52 | 1:519,148 | 39,018 |
| South Africa | 51 | 1:1,062,308 | 63,943 |
| Romania | 48 | 1:418,289 | 33,624 |
| Guam | 37 | 1:4,328 | 556 |
| England | 36 | 1:1,547,724 | 66,012 |
| Malaysia | 23 | 1:1,282,358 | 54,976 |
| Thailand | 23 | 1:3,071,232 | 294,953 |
| Belgium | 22 | 1:522,575 | 50,051 |
| Costa Rica | 21 | 1:227,622 | 2,745 |
| Germany | 19 | 1:4,237,129 | 172,669 |
| Netherlands | 17 | 1:993,363 | 65,241 |
| Panama | 16 | 1:244,516 | 6,353 |
| Puerto Rico | 14 | 1:253,581 | 2,469 |
| New Zealand | 14 | 1:323,452 | 26,435 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Wales | 10 | 1:309,453 | 16,869 |
| Israel | 9 | 1:950,848 | 57,975 |
| Czechia | 9 | 1:1,181,497 | 85,740 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Belize | 4 | 1:88,868 | 3,294 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Luxembourg | 3 | 1:193,514 | 7,046 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
The alternate forms: Zábala (1) & Zăbală (1) are calculated separately.
Zabala (237) may also be a first name.
Zabala Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A variant of "zabal," a Basque word which refers to a grove of evergreen oaks and also has the meaning of flat plain.
Basque word meaning "anchura" or width.
Zavala is Basque name from Vizcaya and traced to knight Lope Zavala who accompanied the King don Pelayo on conquests.
User-submitted Reference
This surname means 'wide' in Basque.
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Zabala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zabala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zabala (Arabic: زابالا, Marathi: झबला, Russian: Забала) occurs in Argentina more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant: Zábala or Zăbală. Click here for further possible spellings of Zabala.
How Common Is The Last Name Zabala? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,364th most widely held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 56,532 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 74 percent of Zabala reside; 60 percent reside in South America and 25 percent reside in Caribbean South America. Zabala is also the 581,650th most widely held forename on earth, borne by 237 people.
The last name Zabala is most prevalent in Argentina, where it is carried by 22,768 people, or 1 in 1,877. In Argentina it is most frequent in: Buenos Aires Province, where 36 percent reside, Córdoba Province, where 16 percent reside and Santa Fe Province, where 12 percent reside. Barring Argentina Zabala is found in 86 countries. It is also found in Colombia, where 16 percent reside and The Philippines, where 15 percent reside.
Zabala Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Zabala has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname grew 1,800 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Zabala Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Zabala last name are 41.02% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 94.25% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Zabala earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 41.15% less than the national average, earning 203,684 kr per year; in Peru they earn 32.04% more than the national average, earning S/. 25,596 per year; in South Africa they earn 95.67% more than the national average, earning R 464,988 per year; in Colombia they earn 3.63% less than the national average, earning $21,877,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 4.09% less than the national average, earning $41,383 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3% more than the national average, earning $51,175 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zabala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zabala in the Marathi language | ||
| झबला | jhabala | - |
| Zabala in the Russian language | ||
| Забала | zabala | - |
| Zabala in the Arabic language | ||
| زابالا | zabala | - |
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Footnotes
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