The surname Villeneuve
A French surname, carried by 1,641 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex V451
Origin
French origin
Borrowed from French Villeneuve (literally “Newtown, new town”).
One of 791 French surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,641 people named Villeneuve in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 188,145 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,572.
Who is named Villeneuve
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
93% of people named Villeneuve identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as two or more races and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 93%
- Two or more races 2.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Villeneuve
Villeneuve has the Soundex code V451, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V451.
Other French surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Villeneuve come from?
- Borrowed from French Villeneuve (literally “Newtown, new town”).
- How common is the surname Villeneuve?
- 1,641 people in the United States had the surname Villeneuve in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,145 Americans. It ranked 17,258th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Villeneuve?
- In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Villeneuve identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Villeneuve getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,572 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,641 in 2010, up 4.4%.