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    The surname Villela

    A surname, carried by 3,716 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex V440

    Villela: #8,812 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Villela #8,812, 3,716 people Villela: #8,812 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Villela #8,812, 3,716 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Villela is more common than 94.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,716 people named Villela in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 83,085 Americans. That is up 41% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,641.

    #8,812
    rank among US surnames
    3,716
    people in 2010
    1.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +40.7%
    change since 2000 (was #11,042)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8,805Lambrecht3,71983,018
    #8,807Sudduth3,71883,041
    #8,808Peart3,71783,063
    #8,812Villela3,71683,085
    #8,813Romans3,71583,108
    #8,814Coblentz3,71483,130
    #8,817Lonergan3,71383,153

    Who is named Villela

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

    92% of people named Villela identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.7% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 92%
    • White (not Hispanic) 6.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Villela

    Villela has the Soundex code V440, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V440.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Villela?
    3,716 people in the United States had the surname Villela in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,085 Americans. It ranked 8,812th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Villela?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Villela identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.7% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Villela getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,641 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,716 in 2010, up 41%.