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    The surname Villafranca

    A surname, carried by 1,239 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex V416

    Villafranca: #21,184 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Villafranca #21,184, 1,239 people Villafranca: #21,184 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Villafranca #21,184, 1,239 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Villafranca is more common than 86.9% of them.

    Origin

    From Spanish Villafranca.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,239 people named Villafranca in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 249,189 Americans. That is up 36% since 2000, when the Census counted 909.

    #21,184
    rank among US surnames
    1,239
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +36.3%
    change since 2000 (was #25,524)

    Who is named Villafranca

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

    81% of people named Villafranca identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 9.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 8.7% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 81%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 9.6%
    • White (not Hispanic) 8.7%
    • Two or more races 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Villafranca

    Villafranca has the Soundex code V416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V416.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Villafranca come from?
    From Spanish Villafranca.
    How common is the surname Villafranca?
    1,239 people in the United States had the surname Villafranca in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 249,189 Americans. It ranked 21,184th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Villafranca?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Villafranca identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 9.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Villafranca getting more or less common?
    More common. 909 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,239 in 2010, up 36%.