# Villa (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/villa/  
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.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 52,817 |
| US rank (2010) | 644 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 5,846 people |
| Change since 2000 | +34% (39,402 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Villa 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) | 8.1% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 89% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 0.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Villa in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and the United States.

## People named Villa

- Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer (1887–1959)
- Ricardo Villa, Argentine footballer
- Brenda Villa, American water polo player and coach
- Emanuel Villa, Argentine footballer (born 1982)
- Amelia Villa, Bolivian physician
- Mónica Villa, Argentine actress
- Manfred Reyes Villa, Bolivian politician
- Juan José Valle, Argentine general (1904–1956)

## Similar surnames

Viola, Vella, Vila, Valla, Valle, Vela, Vail, Veal, Valley, Vale, Vallee, Vowell.

## 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.