The surname Villafuerte
A Spanish surname, carried by 3,700 people in the United States.
4 syllables Soundex V416
Origin
Spanish origin
Borrowed from Spanish Villafuerte.
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 3,700 people named Villafuerte in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 83,445 Americans. That is up 50% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,464.
Who is named Villafuerte
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
85% of people named Villafuerte identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 10% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 3.3% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 85%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 10%
- White (not Hispanic) 3.3%
- Two or more races 0.8%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Villafuerte
Villafuerte has the Soundex code V416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V416.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Villafuerte come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish Villafuerte.
- How common is the surname Villafuerte?
- 3,700 people in the United States had the surname Villafuerte in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,445 Americans. It ranked 8,854th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Villafuerte?
- In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Villafuerte identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 10% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Is the surname Villafuerte getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,464 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,700 in 2010, up 50%.