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    The surname Villegas

    A Spanish surname, carried by 48,599 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex V422

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Villegas is more common than 99.6% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    From Spanish Villegas.

    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 48,599 people named Villegas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 6,353 Americans. That is up 40% since 2000, when the Census counted 34,684.

    #716
    rank among US surnames
    48,599
    people in 2010
    16
    per 100,000 Americans
    +40.1%
    change since 2000 (was #917)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #707Sawyer49,0286,297
    #708Clay48,8446,321
    #709Tanner48,8136,325
    #710Hutchinson48,7816,329
    #711Kaur48,7536,333
    #712Berg48,7466,334
    #713Wiley48,7206,337

    Who is named Villegas

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

    92% of people named Villegas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.0% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 92%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.2%
    • Two or more races 0.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Villegass

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Benito Villegas
      Argentine chess player (1877-1952)
    • Camilo Villegas
      All-American college golfer, professional golfer, PGA Tour member, born 1982

    Notable Villegass come mostly from Argentina (1) and Colombia (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Villegas

    Villegas has the Soundex code V422, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V422.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Villegas come from?
    From Spanish Villegas.
    How common is the surname Villegas?
    48,599 people in the United States had the surname Villegas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,353 Americans. It ranked 716th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Villegas?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Villegas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.0% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Villegas?
    Benito Villegas, Argentine chess player (1877-1952), followed by Camilo Villegas.
    Where is the surname Villegas most common?
    Wikidata records people named Villegas in Argentina and Colombia.
    Is the surname Villegas getting more or less common?
    More common. 34,684 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 48,599 in 2010, up 40%.