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    The surname Avilla

    A surname, carried by 1,515 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex A140

    Avilla: #18,306 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Avilla #18,306, 1,515 people Avilla: #18,306 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Avilla #18,306, 1,515 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Avilla is more common than 88.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,515 people named Avilla in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 203,792 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,348.

    #18,306
    rank among US surnames
    1,515
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.4%
    change since 2000 (was #18,791)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,301Sayed1,516203,658
    #18,306Reyez1,515203,792
    #18,311McQuinn1,514203,927

    Who is named Avilla

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

    44% of people named Avilla identified as white (not Hispanic), 39% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 8.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 44%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 39%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 8.7%
    • Two or more races 6.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Avilla

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Avilla?
    1,515 people in the United States had the surname Avilla in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 203,792 Americans. It ranked 18,306th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Avilla?
    In the 2010 Census, 44% of people named Avilla identified as white (not Hispanic), and 39% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Avilla getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,348 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,515 in 2010, up 12%.