Villalobos Surname

1,596th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 340,413 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Costa Rica

Villalobos Surname Definition:

One who came from Villalobos (village of the wolf), in Spain.

The combined word "villa" (see) and "lobos" refers to "place of the wolves."

Name of village near Zamora. Derived from prefix "Villa-" (see) plus "lobos" (see Lobo) meaning wolf.

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Villalobos Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico101,6311:1,221189
Venezuela56,1891:538103
Costa Rica37,3101:12826
United States31,8581:11,3771,414
Chile29,4621:598136
Colombia19,8621:2,405450
Peru19,2071:1,655275
Philippines10,4181:9,718905
El Salvador7,1681:885180
Honduras6,4761:1,361264
Spain5,3261:8,7781,044
Argentina3,2991:12,9561,174
Cuba2,7551:4,182521
Nicaragua1,7191:3,503465
Bolivia1,6981:6,252810
Ecuador1,6801:9,4681,535
Panama1,1951:3,274415
Guatemala1,1061:14,5411,350
Brazil4101:522,13319,608
Saudi Arabia3581:86,18912,374
Dominican Republic2311:45,1642,375
Canada1791:205,84120,025
France1561:425,78761,887
Portugal851:122,5685,627
Germany711:1,133,88074,985
Puerto Rico661:53,7901,180
Australia451:599,90442,958
England451:1,238,17956,985
Singapore431:128,0865,748
Thailand431:1,642,752213,663
Italy361:1,698,79784,491
Norway291:177,32021,035
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Netherlands231:734,22557,169
Switzerland161:513,30736,405
Iceland151:25,3391,935
Denmark141:403,19427,097
Uruguay131:263,98118,914
Malaysia101:2,949,422111,742
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Aruba91:11,4971,511
Japan91:14,204,92146,388
Taiwan81:2,930,59317,989
China81:170,915,1968,932
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Croatia51:845,72148,179
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
Monaco51:7,4131,114
Belize41:88,8683,294
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Paraguay41:1,809,18612,346
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Cayman Islands21:31,9461,715
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Macau11:601,6301,582
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

The alternate forms: Villalôbos (1) are calculated separately.

Villalobos (149) may also be a first name.

Villalobos Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

One who came from Villalobos (village of the wolf), in Spain.

The combined word "villa" (see) and "lobos" refers to "place of the wolves."

Name of village near Zamora. Derived from prefix "Villa-" (see) plus "lobos" (see Lobo) meaning wolf. Hence a village belonging to Lope or Lobos, rather than one where wolves are found.

"Lupus" is a name of totemic origin. Originally its root meant to break, and to lacerate.

Castilian name.

See Lobato, Lobo, López, Lovato.

Spanish Surnames In The Southwestern United States (1978) by Richard Donovon Woods

Villalobos Last Name Facts

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

Villalobos (Russian: Виллалобос) occurs more in Mexico more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as: Villalôbos. Click here to see other possible spellings of Villalobos.

How Common Is The Last Name Villalobos? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,596th most frequently occurring family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 21,408 people. The surname Villalobos occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Villalobos are found; 39 percent are found in North America and 30 percent are found in Hispano-North America. Villalobos is also the 754,880th most commonly occurring given name at a global level, borne by 149 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Mexico, where it is held by 101,631 people, or 1 in 1,221. In Mexico Villalobos is most frequent in: Jalisco, where 16 percent are found, Chihuahua, where 11 percent are found and México, where 7 percent are found. Besides Mexico Villalobos exists in 89 countries. It is also common in Venezuela, where 17 percent are found and Costa Rica, where 11 percent are found.

Villalobos Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Villalobos has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Villalobos last name rose 455,114 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Villalobos Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Villalobos are 41.71% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 94.94% registered with the political party.

The amount Villalobos earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 65.3% less than the national average, earning €10,421 per year; in Norway they earn 17.65% less than the national average, earning 285,010 kr per year; in Peru they earn 3.73% less than the national average, earning S/. 18,662 per year; in Colombia they earn 2.72% less than the national average, earning $22,085,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 13.51% less than the national average, earning $37,321 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.6% more than the national average, earning $50,975 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Villalobos Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Villalobos in the Russian language
Виллалобосvillalobos-

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