# Davila (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/davila/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Spanish, of Spanish or Galician origin

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 44,388 |
| US rank (2010) | 774 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 6,956 people |
| Change since 2000 | +29% (34,541 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Spanish Dávila (“from Ávila”) or from Galician Davila (“from Vila”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Davila in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 6.6% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 92% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Davila in Brazil and the United States.

## People named Davila

- Manuela d'Ávila, Brazilian politician and journalist
- Marisa Davila, American actress (born 1997)

## Similar surnames

Duvall, Duval, Dibble, Deville, Dipaolo, DePaul, DiPaola, Devall, Dubiel, Dippel, DePaola, Depaolo.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.