How common is the surname Villalobos?

37,754 people in the United States had the surname Villalobos in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,178 Americans. It ranked 919th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Villalobos?

Josefina Villalobos Paramo, 58th First Lady of Ecuador, followed by Gloriana Villalobos.

Where is the surname Villalobos most common?

Wikidata records people named Villalobos in Ecuador and Costa Rica.

Is the surname Villalobos getting more or less common?

More common. 27,107 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 37,754 in 2010, up 39%.

The surname Villalobos

A Spanish surname, carried by 37,754 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex V441

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Villalobos is more common than 99.4% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Villalobos.

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 37,754 people named Villalobos in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 8,178 Americans. That is up 39% since 2000, when the Census counted 27,107.

#919

rank among US surnames

37,754

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+39.3%

change since 2000 (was #1,188)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#910	Delarosa	37,932	8,139
#911	Best	37,923	8,141
#912	Benton	37,912	8,144
#913	Lugo	37,903	8,146
#914	Portillo	37,890	8,148
#915	Dougherty	37,884	8,150
#916	Crane	37,870	8,153

Who is named Villalobos

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

95% of people named Villalobos identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.9% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 95%
White (not Hispanic) 3.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Two or more races 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Villaloboss

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Josefina Villalobos Paramo
58th First Lady of Ecuador, 1924–2025
Gloriana Villalobos
Association footballer, born 1999

Notable Villaloboss come mostly from Ecuador (1) and Costa Rica (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Villalovos

Surnames that sound like Villalobos

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

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Villalobos come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Villalobos.
How common is the surname Villalobos?: 37,754 people in the United States had the surname Villalobos in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,178 Americans. It ranked 919th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Villalobos?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Villalobos identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.9% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Villalobos?: Josefina Villalobos Paramo, 58th First Lady of Ecuador, followed by Gloriana Villalobos.
Where is the surname Villalobos most common?: Wikidata records people named Villalobos in Ecuador and Costa Rica.
Is the surname Villalobos getting more or less common?: More common. 27,107 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 37,754 in 2010, up 39%.
What are other spellings of Villalobos?: Villalovos.