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    The surname Villanueva

    A Spanish surname, carried by 61,883 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex V451

    Villanueva: #539 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Villanueva #539, 61,883 people Villanueva: #539 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott Villanueva #539, 61,883 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Villanueva is more common than 99.7% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    From Spanish Villanueva. Common surname in the Philippines and Mexico.

    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 61,883 people named Villanueva in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 4,989 Americans. That is up 39% since 2000, when the Census counted 44,570.

    #539
    rank among US surnames
    61,883
    people in 2010
    21
    per 100,000 Americans
    +38.8%
    change since 2000 (was #703)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #530Velazquez63,7364,844
    #531Norton63,7224,845
    #532McCormick63,6494,851
    #533Sparks63,4404,867
    #534Flynn63,4004,870
    #535Yates63,2544,881
    #536Hogan63,0854,894

    Who is named Villanueva

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

    82% of people named Villanueva identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 12% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 4.3% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 82%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 12%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.3%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Villanuevas

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Charlie Villanueva
      American basketball player, born 1984

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Villanueva

    Villanueva has the Soundex code V451, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V451.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Villanueva come from?
    From Spanish Villanueva. Common surname in the Philippines and Mexico.
    How common is the surname Villanueva?
    61,883 people in the United States had the surname Villanueva in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,989 Americans. It ranked 539th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Villanueva?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Villanueva identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 12% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Villanueva?
    Charlie Villanueva, American basketball player.
    Where is the surname Villanueva most common?
    Wikidata records people named Villanueva in the Dominican Republic.
    Is the surname Villanueva getting more or less common?
    More common. 44,570 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 61,883 in 2010, up 39%.