Zavaleta

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Zavaleta, from Basque Zabaleta, from zabal (“wide, ample”).

Proper noun

Zavaleta (plural Zavaletas)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Zavaleta is the 10555^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3036 individuals. Zavaleta is most common among Hispanic/Latino (95.82%) individuals.

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θabaˈleta/ [θa.β̞aˈle.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /sabaˈleta/ [sa.β̞aˈle.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: Za‧va‧le‧ta

Proper noun

Zavaleta m or f by sense

1. a surname from Basque