Zavala

Borrowed from Spanish Zavala, itself from Basque.

Zavala (plural Zavalas)

1. A surname.

• Zavala County

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Zavala is the 667^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 51153 individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Zavala”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Borrowed from Basque Zabala.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θaˈbala/ [θaˈβ̞a.la]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /saˈbala/ [saˈβ̞a.la]
• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: Za‧va‧la

Zavala m or f by sense

1. a surname from Basque