Meaning of the surname Zavala
Zavala is a Basque surname of the from a place type meaning "wide place". It is one of the 200 most common surnames in Mexico.
Taken from a town, region, or landscape feature in Spain, or later in Mexico: Castillo (castle), Rivera (riverbank), Navarro (from Navarre), Ibarra (Basque valley).
In Mexico a person carries two surnames, the father's and then the mother's, so Zavala appears as either half of a pair: Zavala García, López Zavala. Read how the two-surname system works.