Villa Surname
Approximately 456,920 people bear this surname
Villa Surname Definition:
Dweller on a large estate; one who came from Villa (free town), the name of many places in Spain.
House in the country. Perhaps an owner or a dweller.
Found as integral part of names of over 700 villages throughout the Peninsula.
Read More About This SurnameVilla Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 137,462 | 1:903 | 147 |
| Colombia | 65,545 | 1:729 | 148 |
| Italy | 57,809 | 1:1,058 | 31 |
| United States | 41,094 | 1:8,820 | 1,065 |
| Philippines | 40,189 | 1:2,519 | 176 |
| Spain | 18,917 | 1:2,471 | 284 |
| Argentina | 17,485 | 1:2,445 | 323 |
| Peru | 11,411 | 1:2,785 | 463 |
| Ecuador | 10,549 | 1:1,508 | 259 |
| Venezuela | 8,602 | 1:3,511 | 516 |
| Chile | 7,264 | 1:2,425 | 418 |
| Brazil | 5,842 | 1:36,644 | 1,509 |
| Bolivia | 5,512 | 1:1,926 | 356 |
| Cuba | 4,186 | 1:2,753 | 390 |
| Dominican Republic | 4,121 | 1:2,532 | 347 |
| France | 4,052 | 1:16,393 | 1,763 |
| India | 1,712 | 1:448,052 | 23,147 |
| Paraguay | 1,629 | 1:4,442 | 400 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,153 | 1:26,761 | 3,711 |
| Algeria | 944 | 1:40,923 | 7,327 |
| Canada | 788 | 1:46,758 | 5,730 |
| Panama | 689 | 1:5,678 | 634 |
| Egypt | 641 | 1:143,426 | 11,189 |
| Uruguay | 626 | 1:5,482 | 619 |
| Morocco | 613 | 1:56,242 | 9,319 |
| Sri Lanka | 585 | 1:35,570 | 4,375 |
| Taiwan | 521 | 1:45,000 | 520 |
| Switzerland | 481 | 1:17,075 | 2,804 |
| Portugal | 453 | 1:22,998 | 1,555 |
| Bangladesh | 451 | 1:353,341 | 9,758 |
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| England | 409 | 1:136,230 | 13,344 |
| Germany | 319 | 1:252,368 | 27,308 |
| Finland | 305 | 1:18,022 | 2,574 |
| Belgium | 291 | 1:39,507 | 6,463 |
| El Salvador | 244 | 1:26,000 | 1,030 |
| Guatemala | 224 | 1:71,798 | 2,587 |
| Greece | 214 | 1:51,775 | 8,560 |
| Australia | 186 | 1:145,138 | 15,497 |
| Costa Rica | 168 | 1:28,453 | 847 |
| Indonesia | 165 | 1:801,510 | 60,937 |
| Bahrain | 162 | 1:8,325 | 1,494 |
| Norway | 136 | 1:37,811 | 5,368 |
| Russia | 129 | 1:1,117,233 | 83,491 |
| Thailand | 120 | 1:588,653 | 100,315 |
| Iran | 110 | 1:698,023 | 36,723 |
| Haiti | 99 | 1:107,918 | 5,109 |
| Honduras | 97 | 1:90,891 | 1,620 |
| Northern Ireland | 88 | 1:20,966 | 2,489 |
| Latvia | 82 | 1:25,001 | 3,819 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| French Polynesia | 74 | 1:3,795 | 856 |
| Netherlands | 70 | 1:241,245 | 31,316 |
| Estonia | 69 | 1:19,157 | 3,287 |
| Nigeria | 63 | 1:2,811,790 | 89,258 |
| Japan | 61 | 1:2,095,808 | 28,388 |
| Syria | 61 | 1:316,410 | 4,562 |
| Denmark | 56 | 1:100,798 | 9,513 |
| Guam | 54 | 1:2,965 | 391 |
| Puerto Rico | 51 | 1:69,611 | 1,356 |
| Bahamas | 48 | 1:8,161 | 696 |
| Sweden | 48 | 1:205,141 | 14,201 |
| Austria | 44 | 1:193,533 | 24,446 |
| Wales | 44 | 1:70,330 | 6,116 |
| South Africa | 37 | 1:1,464,262 | 76,407 |
| Malaysia | 36 | 1:819,284 | 37,745 |
| China | 32 | 1:42,728,799 | 2,300 |
| San Marino | 32 | 1:1,038 | 223 |
| Nicaragua | 31 | 1:194,229 | 2,495 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Zimbabwe | 27 | 1:571,787 | 44,609 |
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| Angola | 25 | 1:1,079,569 | 3,117 |
| Barbados | 25 | 1:11,498 | 820 |
| Liberia | 24 | 1:183,689 | 12,460 |
| Cambodia | 23 | 1:673,354 | 4,690 |
| Kazakhstan | 20 | 1:884,125 | 54,571 |
| Scotland | 20 | 1:267,691 | 12,985 |
| Aruba | 18 | 1:5,749 | 789 |
| Burkina Faso | 16 | 1:1,147,006 | 10,865 |
| Congo | 15 | 1:332,606 | 9,246 |
| Czechia | 13 | 1:817,959 | 70,223 |
| Gibraltar | 13 | 1:2,612 | 585 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Hong Kong | 12 | 1:611,290 | 3,500 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Belize | 11 | 1:32,316 | 2,112 |
| Croatia | 11 | 1:384,419 | 33,360 |
| New Zealand | 11 | 1:411,666 | 31,040 |
| Tunisia | 11 | 1:55,511 | 7,191 |
| Albania | 10 | 1:291,406 | 15,585 |
| Armenia | 10 | 1:293,018 | 6,863 |
| Turkey | 10 | 1:7,782,142 | 126,629 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Sierra Leone | 9 | 1:787,737 | 678 |
| Tajikistan | 9 | 1:931,855 | 5,350 |
| Cyprus | 8 | 1:110,610 | 8,315 |
| Kenya | 8 | 1:5,772,488 | 50,256 |
| Kosovo | 7 | 1:265,981 | 8,180 |
| Maldives | 7 | 1:57,739 | 2,642 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Azerbaijan | 6 | 1:1,608,187 | 20,863 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Belarus | 5 | 1:1,900,212 | 97,012 |
| Jamaica | 5 | 1:573,989 | 10,196 |
| Lebanon | 5 | 1:1,127,417 | 17,983 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Comoros | 4 | 1:187,381 | 421 |
| Curaçao | 4 | 1:39,312 | 638 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Mongolia | 4 | 1:706,322 | 11,365 |
| Nepal | 4 | 1:7,120,239 | 14,461 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1:12,810,064 | 2,073 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| North Macedonia | 3 | 1:700,491 | 23,754 |
| Mauritius | 3 | 1:431,139 | 12,721 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Montenegro | 3 | 1:213,188 | 6,121 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Anguilla | 2 | 1:6,718 | 471 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Brunei | 2 | 1:209,366 | 3,098 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Dominica | 2 | 1:37,946 | 685 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 1:1,243,838 | 27,519 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 2 | 1:17,164 | 627 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 11 | 1:402,715 | 14,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 18 | 1:1,354,187 | 47,798 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 255 | 1:196,936 | 17,192 |
The alternate forms: Villà (17) & Villá (12) are calculated separately.
Villa (15,742) may also be a first name.
Villa Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Dweller on a large estate; one who came from Villa (free town), the name of many places in Spain.
House in the country. Perhaps an owner or a dweller.
Found as integral part of names of over 700 villages throughout the Peninsula. Modification of surname Vila (see).
In the Middle Ages "villa" represented an extensive rural holding. It could refer to the person who owned land.
Castilian name from mountains of Santander and found throughout the Peninsula.
See Vila, Villano, Villas.
(Spanish) Dweller on a large estate.
Villa Demographics
Villa Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Villa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Villa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Villa (Arabic: لفييا, Hindi: विल्ला, Russian: Вилла) is found most in Mexico. It may occur as: Villà or Villá. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Villa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,169th most common surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 15,949 people. The last name Villa is mostly found in The Americas, where 71 percent of Villa live; 39 percent live in North America and 30 percent live in Hispano-North America. Villa is also the 44,894th most widely held first name on earth, held by 15,742 people.
It is most numerous in Mexico, where it is carried by 137,462 people, or 1 in 903. In Mexico Villa is primarily concentrated in: Michoacán, where 11 percent live, Jalisco, where 10 percent live and México, where 10 percent live. Not including Mexico Villa exists in 169 countries. It also occurs in Colombia, where 14 percent live and Italy, where 13 percent live.
Villa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Villa has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Villa last name rose 16,115 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 2,272 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 4,400 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 91 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Villa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland, Orthodox (80%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya, Melkite Greek Catholic (50%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Villa last name are 41.7% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 94.93% being registered with the political party.
The amount Villa earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 83.61% more than the national average, earning €55,139 per year; in Norway they earn 42.35% more than the national average, earning 492,641 kr per year; in Peru they earn 1.96% more than the national average, earning S/. 19,764 per year; in Colombia they earn 5.46% more than the national average, earning $23,941,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 14.99% less than the national average, earning $36,683 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.14% more than the national average, earning $51,241 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Villa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Villa in the Hindi language | ||
| विल्ला | villa | 97.8 |
| विलला | vilala | 1.42 |
| विल्ल | villa | 0.39 |
| विला | vila | 0.13 |
| वील्ला | villa | 0.13 |
| विल्लेा | villea | 0.13 |
| Villa in the Russian language | ||
| Вилла | villa | - |
| Villa in the Arabic language | ||
| لفييا | lfyya | - |
| فيللا | fylla | - |
| لفيا | lfya | - |
| لبيا | lbya | - |
| فيلا | fyla | - |
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