Villanueva Surname

725th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 740,571 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Villanueva Surname Definition:

One who came from Villanueva (the recently founded settlement), the name of several places in Spain.

From the combined words "villa" and "nueva" meaning "new estate." Place name in Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua.

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Villanueva Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines277,7301:36510
Mexico157,7051:787127
Peru78,0731:40758
United States56,0661:6,465761
Spain29,3581:1,592177
Argentina23,8861:1,789234
Venezuela19,2941:1,565286
Honduras18,6911:472115
Colombia17,4021:2,745499
Chile13,4701:1,308269
Bolivia10,5011:1,011215
El Salvador6,6651:952190
Dominican Republic6,1701:1,691261
Paraguay3,8331:1,888292
Guatemala2,6361:6,101802
Cuba2,1501:5,359607
Ecuador2,0921:7,6031,237
Costa Rica1,9101:2,503304
Canada1,7361:21,2242,918
Uruguay1,6321:2,103253
Puerto Rico1,4171:2,505233
France1,0361:64,1158,796
Nicaragua9821:6,131576
Panama7391:5,294599
Belize7191:49490
Saudi Arabia6761:45,6456,666
Brazil6231:343,61913,196
Bahrain3971:3,397571
Australia3861:69,9378,284
England3011:185,11016,566
Guam2021:793110
Thailand1971:358,57062,786
Taiwan1491:157,3471,394
Germany1341:600,78748,250
Malaysia1251:235,95413,459
Italy1201:509,63951,223
United Arab Emirates1111:82,5437,552
Northern Mariana Islands1031:53093
Switzerland1011:81,3169,293
Netherlands991:170,57824,763
New Zealand861:52,6558,408
Japan651:1,966,83527,587
Singapore601:91,7953,674
Qatar591:39,9664,109
Kuwait581:65,5297,566
Hong Kong491:149,7042,938
Belgium471:244,60930,321
Portugal471:221,6658,706
Mongolia391:72,4435,369
China351:39,066,3302,096
Norway331:155,82719,235
Sweden311:317,63722,171
Indonesia281:4,723,186228,527
Austria221:387,06540,442
Denmark221:256,57819,736
Aruba181:5,749789
Scotland181:297,43413,849
Cayman Islands171:3,758489
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Andorra111:7,6221,167
Angola91:2,998,8024,903
Iceland91:42,2322,922
Macau91:66,848400
South Korea91:5,693,362993
Burkina Faso81:2,294,01216,398
India71:109,580,769786,157
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Finland61:916,11741,832
Poland61:6,334,792156,558
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Trinidad and Tobago51:272,79511,064
Vietnam51:18,529,2113,282
Cambodia41:3,871,7869,580
Curaçao41:39,312638
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Faroe Islands41:12,250984
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Laos41:1,647,081888
Libya41:1,560,9943,087
Malta41:107,5681,849
Micronesia41:26,561731
Oman41:921,9937,313
Palau41:5,411112
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Suriname41:138,1547,029
United States Virgin Islands41:27,5943,273
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Bahamas31:130,5841,472
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Armenia21:1,465,09016,492
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States731:687,92744,660

The alternate forms: Villañueva (6), Villanuevá (2) & Víllanueva (1) are calculated separately.

Villanueva (1,019) may also be a first name.

Villanueva Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

One who came from Villanueva (the recently founded settlement), the name of several places in Spain.

From the combined words "villa" and "nueva" meaning "new estate." Place name in Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua.

Popular surname. Name of 120 Spanish villages and towns. Means new town and is derived from two words "villa" (see) and "nueva," the equivalent of English surname Newton.

Aragonese name found throughout the Peninsula.

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

(Spanish) One who came from Villanueva (the recently founded settlement), the name of several places in Spain.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

This surname means: new village.

- isabelitapr

Villanueva Last Name Facts

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

The last name Villanueva occurs most in The Philippines. It can also appear as: Villañueva, Villanuevá or Víllanueva. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Villanueva? popularity and diffusion

It is the 725th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 9,840 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 55 percent of Villanueva live; 37 percent live in Southeast Asia and 37 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 251,554th most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 1,019 people.

This surname is most common in The Philippines, where it is held by 277,730 people, or 1 in 365. In The Philippines Villanueva is mostly found in: Calabarzon, where 23 percent reside, National Capital Region, where 15 percent reside and Central Luzon, where 13 percent reside. Apart from The Philippines this surname occurs in 125 countries. It also occurs in Mexico, where 21 percent reside and Peru, where 11 percent reside.

Villanueva Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Villanueva has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Villanueva surname expanded 76,803 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 30,100 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Villanueva Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Villanueva surname are 42.23% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 95.46% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Villanueva earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 63.94% less than the national average, earning €10,830 per year; in Norway they earn 13.93% less than the national average, earning 297,864 kr per year; in Peru they earn 1.94% less than the national average, earning S/. 19,008 per year; in South Africa they earn 15.1% more than the national average, earning R 273,516 per year; in Colombia they earn 5.41% less than the national average, earning $21,475,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 12.03% less than the national average, earning $37,959 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.58% less than the national average, earning $46,910 CAD per year.

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Villanueva Reference & Research

Villanueva DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Villanueva FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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