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    The surname Villarruel

    A surname, carried by 1,775 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex V464

    Villarruel: #16,254 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Villarruel #16,254, 1,775 people Villarruel: #16,254 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Villarruel #16,254, 1,775 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Villarruel is more common than 90% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,775 people named Villarruel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 173,941 Americans. That is up 37% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,297.

    #16,254
    rank among US surnames
    1,775
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +36.9%
    change since 2000 (was #19,328)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,247Haddon1,777173,745
    #16,250Saxe1,776173,843
    #16,254Ashcroft1,775173,941
    #16,261Kinkead1,774174,039

    Who is named Villarruel

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

    95% of people named Villarruel identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.7% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 95%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Villarruels

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Polla J
      Argentine rapper and singer, born 2006

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Villarruel

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Villarruel?
    1,775 people in the United States had the surname Villarruel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 173,941 Americans. It ranked 16,254th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Villarruel?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Villarruel identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.7% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Villarruel?
    Polla J, Argentine rapper and singer.
    Where is the surname Villarruel most common?
    Wikidata records people named Villarruel in Argentina.
    Is the surname Villarruel getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,297 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,775 in 2010, up 37%.