Vila Surname
Approximately 88,769 people bear this surname
Vila Surname Definition:
Dweller on a large estate; one who came from Villa (see) (free town), the name of many places in Spain.
Found as integral part of names of over 100 villages throughout Iberian Peninsula. Derived from latin "villa" meaning town, particularly one enjoying charter privileges.
Read More About This SurnameVila Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 38,073 | 1:1,228 | 131 |
| Peru | 9,154 | 1:3,472 | 570 |
| Argentina | 9,121 | 1:4,686 | 528 |
| Cuba | 4,414 | 1:2,610 | 375 |
| United States | 3,644 | 1:99,467 | 11,055 |
| France | 3,460 | 1:19,197 | 2,198 |
| Philippines | 3,183 | 1:31,806 | 4,645 |
| Bolivia | 2,197 | 1:4,832 | 679 |
| Brazil | 2,082 | 1:102,821 | 3,878 |
| Uruguay | 1,933 | 1:1,775 | 220 |
| Mexico | 1,648 | 1:75,319 | 3,256 |
| Albania | 1,000 | 1:2,914 | 523 |
| DR Congo | 855 | 1:86,409 | 9,889 |
| Colombia | 789 | 1:60,550 | 2,840 |
| Puerto Rico | 787 | 1:4,511 | 323 |
| Chile | 716 | 1:24,604 | 1,457 |
| Venezuela | 574 | 1:52,620 | 2,558 |
| Dominican Republic | 555 | 1:18,798 | 1,270 |
| Kosovo | 412 | 1:4,519 | 757 |
| Andorra | 347 | 1:242 | 30 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 341 | 1:10,371 | 2,076 |
| Romania | 256 | 1:78,429 | 9,254 |
| Papua New Guinea | 225 | 1:36,239 | 4,326 |
| Canada | 192 | 1:191,904 | 18,895 |
| Serbia | 173 | 1:41,300 | 4,196 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| El Salvador | 164 | 1:38,682 | 1,177 |
| England | 155 | 1:359,471 | 25,733 |
| Ecuador | 151 | 1:105,337 | 6,301 |
| Paraguay | 150 | 1:48,245 | 1,410 |
| India | 147 | 1:5,218,132 | 128,839 |
| Guatemala | 142 | 1:113,258 | 3,078 |
| South Africa | 136 | 1:398,365 | 35,171 |
| Croatia | 122 | 1:34,661 | 7,092 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 122 | 1:1,454 | 195 |
| Germany | 117 | 1:688,081 | 52,903 |
| Switzerland | 111 | 1:73,990 | 8,709 |
| Thailand | 81 | 1:872,078 | 137,928 |
| Indonesia | 76 | 1:1,740,121 | 112,888 |
| Costa Rica | 60 | 1:79,668 | 1,484 |
| Australia | 52 | 1:519,148 | 39,018 |
| Iran | 52 | 1:1,476,587 | 59,047 |
| Panama | 52 | 1:75,236 | 3,168 |
| Belgium | 51 | 1:225,424 | 28,627 |
| Japan | 49 | 1:2,609,067 | 31,334 |
| Greece | 43 | 1:257,670 | 38,951 |
| Russia | 41 | 1:3,515,196 | 179,721 |
| Honduras | 37 | 1:238,282 | 2,434 |
| Netherlands | 37 | 1:456,410 | 45,371 |
| Italy | 30 | 1:2,038,556 | 89,453 |
| Turkey | 22 | 1:3,537,337 | 93,247 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Taiwan | 19 | 1:1,233,934 | 8,385 |
| Angola | 16 | 1:1,686,826 | 3,823 |
| China | 15 | 1:91,154,771 | 4,767 |
| Sweden | 15 | 1:656,450 | 48,545 |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 1:1,102,731 | 66,551 |
| Norway | 13 | 1:395,560 | 35,657 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Slovenia | 7 | 1:355,382 | 17,336 |
| Congo | 6 | 1:831,516 | 16,072 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Finland | 6 | 1:916,117 | 41,832 |
| Gibraltar | 6 | 1:5,659 | 991 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Haiti | 5 | 1:2,136,781 | 15,037 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Austria | 4 | 1:2,128,859 | 91,203 |
| Cambodia | 4 | 1:3,871,786 | 9,580 |
| East Timor | 4 | 1:303,982 | 255 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Lithuania | 4 | 1:758,647 | 25,175 |
| Nicaragua | 4 | 1:1,505,272 | 5,843 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Solomon Islands | 4 | 1:145,007 | 19,402 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| North Macedonia | 2 | 1:1,050,736 | 26,362 |
| Marshall Islands | 2 | 1:25,910 | 1,967 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 36 | 1:1,394,963 | 75,931 |
The alternate forms: Vilà (269), Vilá (70) & Víla (20) are calculated separately.
Vila (6,700) may also be a first name.
Vila Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Dweller on a large estate; one who came from Villa (see) (free town), the name of many places in Spain.
Found as integral part of names of over 100 villages throughout Iberian Peninsula. Derived from latin "villa" meaning town, particularly one enjoying charter privileges.
"Villa" refers to a house in the country.
Catalan name.
See Vilela, Villano, Villar.
Vila Demographics
Vila Political Affiliation
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Vila Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vila Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vila (Georgian: ვილა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﻴﻠﻪ, Hindi: विला, Marathi: वीला, Russian: Вила) occurs most in Spain. It can also appear in the variant forms: Vilà, Vilá or Víla. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vila? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,365th most widely held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 82,096 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 50 percent of Vila live; 43 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 43 percent live in Iberian Europe. It is also the 79,840th most frequently held first name worldwide It is held by 6,700 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Spain, where it is borne by 38,073 people, or 1 in 1,228. In Spain Vila is most frequent in: Catalonia, where 50 percent live, Galicia, where 19 percent live and Valencian Community, where 14 percent live. Other than Spain it exists in 115 countries. It is also found in Peru, where 10 percent live and Argentina, where 10 percent live.
Vila Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Vila has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Vila surname expanded 10,122 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 15,500 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Vila Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Vila surname are 41.91% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 95.14% registered with the party.
The amount Vila earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 33.22% less than the national average, earning 231,106 kr per year; in Peru they earn 8.36% more than the national average, earning S/. 21,006 per year; in South Africa they earn 47.24% less than the national average, earning R 125,376 per year; in Colombia they earn 19.84% less than the national average, earning $18,197,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 1.89% more than the national average, earning $43,963 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.35% less than the national average, earning $48,019 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vila Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vila in the Georgian language | ||
| ვილა | vila | - |
| Vila in the Marathi language | ||
| वीला | vila | - |
| Vila in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﻴﻠﻪ | fylh | 75 |
| ﺍﻓﻴﻠﺔ | afylt | 25 |
| Vila in the Hindi language | ||
| विला | vila | 56.59 |
| वीला | vila | 40.84 |
| वीणा | vina | 0.32 |
| Vila in the Russian language | ||
| Вила | vila | - |
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