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    The surname Vila

    A Spanish surname, carried by 3,016 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex V400

    Vila: #10,615 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Vila #10,615, 3,016 people Vila: #10,615 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Vila #10,615, 3,016 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vila is more common than 93.5% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Vila.

    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 3,016 people named Vila in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 102,369 Americans. That is up 21% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,499.

    #10,615
    rank among US surnames
    3,016
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +20.7%
    change since 2000 (was #11,538)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,607Kollar3,019102,267
    #10,613Kelch3,018102,301
    #10,614Boateng3,017102,335
    #10,615Vila3,016102,369
    #10,620Cardillo3,015102,403

    Who is named Vila

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

    70% of people named Vila identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 22% as white (not Hispanic) and 5.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 70%
    • White (not Hispanic) 22%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 5.9%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Vilas

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Lucas Vila
      Argentine field hockey player, born 1986
    • Emiljano Vila
      Albanian footballer, born 1988

    Notable Vilas come mostly from Argentina (1) and Albania (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Vila

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

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Vila come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Vila.
    How common is the surname Vila?
    3,016 people in the United States had the surname Vila in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 102,369 Americans. It ranked 10,615th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Vila?
    In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Vila identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 22% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Vila?
    Lucas Vila, Argentine field hockey player, followed by Emiljano Vila.
    Where is the surname Vila most common?
    Wikidata records people named Vila in Argentina and Albania.
    Is the surname Vila getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,499 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,016 in 2010, up 21%.