The surname Villacorta
A Spanish surname, carried by 1,750 people in the United States.
4 syllables Soundex V426
Origin
Spanish origin
Borrowed from Spanish Villacorta. This surname is predominantly found in Peru.
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 1,750 people named Villacorta in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 176,426 Americans. That is up 48% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,183.
Who is named Villacorta
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
74% of people named Villacorta identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 20% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 4.7% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 74%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 20%
- White (not Hispanic) 4.7%
- Two or more races 1.3%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Villacorta
Villacorta has the Soundex code V426, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V426.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Villacorta come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish Villacorta. This surname is predominantly found in Peru.
- How common is the surname Villacorta?
- 1,750 people in the United States had the surname Villacorta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 176,426 Americans. It ranked 16,437th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Villacorta?
- In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Villacorta identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 20% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Is the surname Villacorta getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,183 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,750 in 2010, up 48%.