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The surname Villalba

A surname, carried by 4,913 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex V441

Villalba: #6,852 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Villalba #6,852, 4,913 people Villalba: #6,852 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Villalba #6,852, 4,913 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Villalba is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

From the Spanish surname, from villa (“settlement, farmstead”) + albo (“white”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,913 people named Villalba in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,843 Americans. That is up 50% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,285.

#6,852
rank among US surnames
4,913
people in 2010
1.7
per 100,000 Americans
+49.6%
change since 2000 (was #9,129)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#6,847Kuehl4,91862,779
#6,848Gurule4,91562,817
#6,851Eckman4,91462,830
#6,852Villalba4,91362,843

Who is named Villalba

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

94% of people named Villalba identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.7% as white (not Hispanic).

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
  • White (not Hispanic) 4.7%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
  • Two or more races 0.2%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Villalba

Villalba has the Soundex code V441, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V441.

Questions

Where does the surname Villalba come from?
From the Spanish surname, from villa (“settlement, farmstead”) + albo (“white”).
How common is the surname Villalba?
4,913 people in the United States had the surname Villalba in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,843 Americans. It ranked 6,852nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Villalba?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Villalba identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.7% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Villalba getting more or less common?
More common. 3,285 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,913 in 2010, up 50%.