Villafana Surname

91,941st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,202 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Trinidad and Tobago

Villafana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Villafana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,2411:161,74016,465
Peru1,5291:20,7882,398
Trinidad and Tobago8711:1,566243
Dominican Republic2311:45,1642,375
Mexico1171:1,060,90813,559
Canada661:558,26746,632
Philippines241:4,218,259160,165
Argentina231:1,858,40995,340
Chile161:1,101,03021,213
Venezuela151:2,013,60524,362
France141:4,744,480251,814
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
England71:7,959,723202,100
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Puerto Rico61:591,6903,707
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Saint Martin11:35,156229
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295

The alternate forms: Villafaña (14,843) are calculated separately.

Villafana (17) may also be a first name.

Villafana Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Villafana Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Villafana is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can appear as: Villafaña. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Villafana? popularity and diffusion

The surname Villafana is the 91,941st most commonly occurring family name on earth, held by around 1 in 1,400,912 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Villafana live; 46 percent live in North America and 44 percent live in Anglo-North America. Villafana is also the 2,694,839th most frequent first name globally It is held by 17 people.

It is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 2,241 people, or 1 in 161,740. In The United States Villafana is most numerous in: California, where 38 percent are found, Texas, where 18 percent are found and New York, where 9 percent are found. Aside from The United States this last name occurs in 24 countries. It is also common in Peru, where 29 percent are found and Trinidad and Tobago, where 17 percent are found.

Villafana Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Villafana surname are 1.38% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 54.61% registered with the political party.

The amount Villafana earn in different countries varies significantly. In Peru they earn 17.16% more than the national average, earning S/. 22,712 per year; in United States they earn 6.86% less than the national average, earning $40,188 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.5% less than the national average, earning $44,961 CAD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Villafana
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