# Vila (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,016 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,615 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 102,369 people |
| Change since 2000 | +21% (2,499 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Vila.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Vila 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) | 22% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 70% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 5.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Vila in Argentina and Albania.

## People named Vila

- Lucas Vila, Argentine field hockey player
- Emiljano Vila, Albanian footballer

## Similar surnames

Villa, Vela, Vail, Viola, Valle, Veal, Valley, Vella, Vale, Vallee, Vowell, Veale.

## 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.