How common is the surname Vella?

4,051 people in the United States had the surname Vella in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,215 Americans. It ranked 8,189th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Vella?

In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Vella identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Vella?

Vinny Vella, American actor (1947-2019), followed by Adam Vella.

Where is the surname Vella most common?

Wikidata records people named Vella in the United States, Australia and Argentina.

Is the surname Vella getting more or less common?

More common. 3,717 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,051 in 2010, up 9.0%.

The surname Vella

A surname, carried by 4,051 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex V400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vella is more common than 95% of them.

Origin

Borrowed from Italian and Maltese Vella.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,051 people named Vella in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 76,215 Americans. That is up 9.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,717.

#8,189

rank among US surnames

4,051

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+9%

change since 2000 (was #8,210)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,184	Kaczmarek	4,052	76,196
#8,189	Severino	4,051	76,215
#8,195	Teter	4,050	76,233
#8,196	McAbee	4,049	76,252
#8,198	Woosley	4,048	76,271

Who is named Vella

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

87% of people named Vella identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
Two or more races 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Vellas

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Vinny Vella
American actor (1947-2019)
Adam Vella
Australian sport shooter, born 1971
Luciano Vella
Argentine footballer, born 1981

Notable Vellas come mostly from the United States (1), Australia (1) and Argentina (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Vella

Vella has the Soundex code V400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V400.

Questions

Where does the surname Vella come from?: Borrowed from Italian and Maltese Vella.
How common is the surname Vella?: 4,051 people in the United States had the surname Vella in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,215 Americans. It ranked 8,189th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vella?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Vella identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Vella?: Vinny Vella, American actor (1947-2019), followed by Adam Vella.
Where is the surname Vella most common?: Wikidata records people named Vella in the United States, Australia and Argentina.
Is the surname Vella getting more or less common?: More common. 3,717 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,051 in 2010, up 9.0%.