# Villiers (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/villiers/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from French.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 181 |
| US rank (2010) | 99,845 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 1,705,776 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.8% (171 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From French Villiers.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Villiers in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 50% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 30% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 19% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Villiers in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the United Kingdom, the Kingdom of Great Britain, Australia and the Kingdom of England.

## People named Villiers

- George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon, British diplomat (1800-1870)
- James Villiers, actor (1933-1998)
- Alan Villiers, Australian writer (1903-1982)
- Christopher Villiers, British actor, screenwriter and film producer
- Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey, British banker, Conservative politician and colonial administrator (1845-1915)
- Thomas Villiers, 1st Earl of Clarendon, British diplomat (1709-1786)
- Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey, British diplomat
- Katherine Villiers, Duchess of Buckingham, British duchess and marchioness (1603-1649)

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.