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    The surname Avila

    A Spanish surname, carried by 97,314 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex A140

    Avila: #318 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Avila #318, 97,314 people Avila: #318 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott Avila #318, 97,314 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Avila is more common than 99.8% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    From Spanish or Galician Ávila.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 97,314 people named Avila in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 3,173 Americans. That is up 39% since 2000, when the Census counted 69,843.

    #318
    rank among US surnames
    97,314
    people in 2010
    33
    per 100,000 Americans
    +39.3%
    change since 2000 (was #421)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #309Curtis101,8013,033
    #310Cortez101,6943,036
    #311Douglas101,4583,043
    #312Schneider101,2903,048
    #313Joseph100,9593,058
    #314Barrett100,1043,084
    #315Navarro99,8073,093

    Who is named Avila

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    91% of people named Avila identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.0% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
    • White (not Hispanic) 7.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • Two or more races 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Avilas

    8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Artur Ávila
      Brazilian and French mathematician, born 1979
    • Ezequiel Ávila
      Argentinian association football player, born 1994
    • Gastón Ávila
      Argentine footballer, born 2001
    • Andrea Ávila
      Argentine long/triple jumper, born 1970
    • Eric Avila
      American soccer player, born 1987
    • Darializa Avila Chevalier
      American politician from New York City, born 1993
    • Leandro Ávila
      Brazilian footballer, born 1971
    • Julia Avila
      American mixed martial arts fighter, born 1988

    Notable Avilas come mostly from Argentina (3), Brazil (2) and the United States (2).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Avila

    Avila has the Soundex code A140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A140.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Avila come from?
    From Spanish or Galician Ávila.
    How common is the surname Avila?
    97,314 people in the United States had the surname Avila in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,173 Americans. It ranked 318th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Avila?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Avila identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.0% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Avila?
    Artur Ávila, Brazilian and French mathematician, followed by Ezequiel Ávila.
    Where is the surname Avila most common?
    Wikidata records people named Avila in Argentina, Brazil and the United States and 1 other country.
    Is the surname Avila getting more or less common?
    More common. 69,843 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 97,314 in 2010, up 39%.