Zabala

See also: zăbală

English

Etymology

From Spanish, of Basque origin.

Proper noun

Zabala (plural Zabalas)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Zabala is the 7637^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4348 individuals. Zabala is most common among Hispanic/Latino (75.0%), Asian/Pacific Islander (13.16%), and White (10.03%) individuals.

Further reading

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

Basque

Etymology

From zabal (“wide”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /s̻abala/ [s̻a.β̞a.la]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /s̻abala/ [s̻a.β̞a.la]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /s̺abala/ [s̺a.β̞a.la]

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• Rhymes: -ala
• Hyphenation: Za‧ba‧la

Proper noun

Zabala anim

1. a surname

Declension

Declension of Zabala (animate, ending in -a)

	indefinite
absolutive	Zabala
ergative	Zabalak
dative	Zabalari
genitive	Zabalaren
comitative	Zabalarekin
causative	Zabalarengatik
benefactive	Zabalarentzat
instrumental	Zabalaz
inessive	Zabalarengan
locative	—
allative	Zabalarengana
terminative	Zabalarenganaino
directive	Zabalarenganantz
destinative	Zabalarenganako
ablative	Zabalarengandik
partitive	Zabalarik
prolative	Zabalatzat

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Zavala

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque, from zabal (“wide”).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Zabala m or f by sense

1. a surname from Basque, common on the Basque Country

Statistics

According to official data by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística in 2016, Zabala occurs in Spain as a first surname by 8,746 individuals, and as a second surname by 8,907 individuals. It is prevalent in Biscay and Gipuzkoa.

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish, of Basque origin.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /zaˈbala/ [zɐˈbaː.lɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (more native-sounding) /saˈbala/ [sɐˈbaː.lɐ]
• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: Za‧ba‧la

Proper noun

Zabala (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜊᜎ)

1. a surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque]

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Zabala is the 312th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 25,263 individuals.