Villafañez Surname

241,779th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,652 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Argentina
Highest density in:
Argentina

Villafañez Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Villafañez Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Argentina1,1241:38,0283,186
Spain2461:190,04913,226
Colombia2261:211,3905,048
Venezuela391:774,46412,743
Mexico61:20,687,70153,861
Cuba41:2,880,67910,064
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511

The alternate forms: Villafanez (32) & Villafáñez (6) are calculated separately.

Villafañez Last Name Facts

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

Villafañez is held by more people in Argentina than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Villafanez or Villafáñez. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Villafañez? popularity and diffusion

It is the 241,779th most common family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 4,411,347 people. The last name Villafañez is mostly found in The Americas, where 85 percent of Villafañez are found; 84 percent are found in South America and 68 percent are found in Hispanic Southern America.

The last name is most commonly held in Argentina, where it is borne by 1,124 people, or 1 in 38,028. In Argentina it is most common in: Catamarca Province, where 35 percent live, Buenos Aires Province, where 23 percent live and Tucumán Province, where 8 percent live. Apart from Argentina this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 15 percent live and Colombia, where 14 percent live.

Villafañez Last Name Statistics demography

Villafañez earn notably less less than the average income. In Colombia they earn 22.39% less than the national average, earning $17,620,500 COP 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
  • 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 Villafañez
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