Vilea Surname
Approximately 225 people bear this surname
Vilea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 182 | 1:110,318 | 12,370 |
| Moldova | 25 | 1:142,455 | 15,214 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Vîlea (2) are calculated separately.
Vilea (30) may also be a first name.
Vilea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vilea Come From? nationality or country of origin
Vilea is held by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Vîlea. For other potential spellings of Vilea click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vilea? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,092,155th most numerous family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 32,389,093 people. The surname Vilea is predominantly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Vilea live; 92 percent live in Eastern Europe and 92 percent live in Romanian Europe. It is also the 1,911,214th most frequently used forename globally, held by 30 people.
It is most commonly used in Romania, where it is borne by 182 people, or 1 in 110,318. In Romania it is most common in: Bacău County, where 70 percent live, Dolj County, where 15 percent live and Argeș County, where 14 percent live. Aside from Romania it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Moldova, where 11 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent live.
Vilea Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Vilea has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Vilea last name declined 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Vilea
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