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    The surname Villarroel

    A Spanish surname, carried by 1,136 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex V464

    Villarroel: #22,608 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Villarroel #22,608, 1,136 people Villarroel: #22,608 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Villarroel #22,608, 1,136 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Villarroel is more common than 86.1% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    A surname from Spanish.

    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 1,136 people named Villarroel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 271,783 Americans. That is up 80% since 2000, when the Census counted 633.

    #22,608
    rank among US surnames
    1,136
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +79.5%
    change since 2000 (was #33,933)

    Who is named Villarroel

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

    90% of people named Villarroel identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.0% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 90%
    • White (not Hispanic) 7.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.9%
    • Two or more races 0.4%
    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 Villarroel

    Villarroel has the Soundex code V464, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V464.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Villarroel come from?
    Villarroel is Spanish in origin.
    How common is the surname Villarroel?
    1,136 people in the United States had the surname Villarroel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 271,783 Americans. It ranked 22,608th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Villarroel?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Villarroel identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.0% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Villarroel getting more or less common?
    More common. 633 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,136 in 2010, up 80%.