The surname Villa
A Spanish surname, carried by 52,817 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex V400
Origin
Spanish origin
A surname from Spanish.
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 52,817 people named Villa in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 5,846 Americans. That is up 34% since 2000, when the Census counted 39,402.
Who is named Villa
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
89% of people named Villa identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 8.1% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 89%
- White (not Hispanic) 8.1%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 2.1%
- Two or more races 0.4%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Famous Villas
8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Heitor Villa-LobosBrazilian composer (1887–1959)
- Ricardo VillaArgentine footballer, born 1952
- Brenda VillaAmerican water polo player and coach, born 1980
- Emanuel VillaArgentine footballer (born 1982)
- Amelia VillaBolivian physician, 1900–1942
- Mónica VillaArgentine actress, born 1954
- Manfred Reyes VillaBolivian politician, born 1955
- Juan José ValleArgentine general (1904–1956)
Notable Villas come mostly from Argentina (4), Bolivia (2) and Brazil (1).
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Villa has the Soundex code V400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V400.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Villa come from?
- Villa is Spanish in origin.
- How common is the surname Villa?
- 52,817 people in the United States had the surname Villa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,846 Americans. It ranked 644th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Villa?
- In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Villa identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 8.1% as white (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Villa?
- Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer (1887–1959), followed by Ricardo Villa.
- Where is the surname Villa most common?
- Wikidata records people named Villa in Argentina, Bolivia and Brazil and 1 other country.
- Is the surname Villa getting more or less common?
- More common. 39,402 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 52,817 in 2010, up 34%.