How common is the surname Villafana?

3,003 people in the United States had the surname Villafana in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 102,812 Americans. It ranked 10,653rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Villafana getting more or less common?

More common. 1,978 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,003 in 2010, up 52%.

The surname Villafana

A surname, carried by 3,003 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex V415

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Villafana is more common than 93.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,003 people named Villafana in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 102,812 Americans. That is up 52% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,978.

#10,653

rank among US surnames

3,003

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+51.8%

change since 2000 (was #13,994)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,645	Rosso	3,006	102,710
#10,647	Kan	3,005	102,744
#10,649	Weyer	3,004	102,778
#10,653	Anchondo	3,003	102,812
#10,657	Holz	3,002	102,847
#10,662	Bogdan	3,001	102,881

Who is named Villafana

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

92% of people named Villafana identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.9% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 92%
White (not Hispanic) 3.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Villafana

Villafana has the Soundex code V415, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V415.

Questions

How common is the surname Villafana?: 3,003 people in the United States had the surname Villafana in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 102,812 Americans. It ranked 10,653rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Villafana?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Villafana identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.9% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Villafana getting more or less common?: More common. 1,978 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,003 in 2010, up 52%.