# Viola (surname)

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

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,616 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,271 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 46,666 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.1% (6,353 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Viola 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) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 6.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Viola in the United States, Hungary and Argentina.

## People named Viola

- Bill Viola, American video and installation artist (1951–2024)
- József Viola, association football player (1896-1949)
- Vincent Viola, American billionaire businessman
- Valentín Viola, Argentine footballer
- Frank Viola, American professional baseball player, pitcher

## Similar surnames

Villa, Vila, Valle, Vela, Vail, Veal, Valley, Vella, Vale, Vallee, Vowell, Veale.

## 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.