Villar Surname
Approximately 164,101 people bear this surname
Villar Surname Definition:
Popular surname and name of over 200 Spanish towns and villages. Derived from word "villa" (see).
Synonym for "vilar" meaning place where there are many country homes. It also means place of the vetches, a plant used as green fodder.
Read More About This SurnameVillar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 34,686 | 1:1,348 | 143 |
| Philippines | 33,066 | 1:3,062 | 221 |
| Peru | 15,248 | 1:2,084 | 357 |
| Argentina | 13,918 | 1:3,071 | 383 |
| Mexico | 12,665 | 1:9,801 | 1,014 |
| Dominican Republic | 11,278 | 1:925 | 163 |
| Paraguay | 8,482 | 1:853 | 198 |
| Chile | 6,791 | 1:2,594 | 436 |
| Colombia | 6,232 | 1:7,666 | 944 |
| United States | 5,726 | 1:63,301 | 7,414 |
| Brazil | 4,325 | 1:49,497 | 1,925 |
| Cuba | 2,883 | 1:3,997 | 504 |
| Uruguay | 2,202 | 1:1,558 | 190 |
| France | 1,154 | 1:57,559 | 7,673 |
| Panama | 1,140 | 1:3,432 | 428 |
| Venezuela | 844 | 1:35,787 | 2,050 |
| Bolivia | 636 | 1:16,693 | 1,505 |
| Ecuador | 392 | 1:40,576 | 4,292 |
| Portugal | 349 | 1:29,852 | 1,897 |
| England | 243 | 1:229,292 | 19,121 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| Guatemala | 200 | 1:80,413 | 2,720 |
| Costa Rica | 162 | 1:29,507 | 866 |
| Canada | 155 | 1:237,713 | 22,683 |
| Switzerland | 155 | 1:52,987 | 6,909 |
| Taiwan | 123 | 1:190,608 | 1,654 |
| Italy | 92 | 1:664,747 | 58,468 |
| Australia | 92 | 1:293,432 | 25,879 |
| Germany | 91 | 1:884,675 | 63,174 |
| Singapore | 90 | 1:61,197 | 2,397 |
| Belgium | 61 | 1:188,470 | 25,041 |
| Honduras | 38 | 1:232,012 | 2,406 |
| Thailand | 34 | 1:2,077,598 | 243,257 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Netherlands | 26 | 1:649,507 | 53,972 |
| Puerto Rico | 24 | 1:147,922 | 1,914 |
| French Polynesia | 18 | 1:15,600 | 3,086 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Andorra | 12 | 1:6,986 | 1,135 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| United Arab Emirates | 10 | 1:916,227 | 36,116 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| Bahrain | 9 | 1:149,845 | 5,469 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 8 | 1:6,822 | 652 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Japan | 6 | 1:21,307,382 | 48,838 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Belize | 6 | 1:59,246 | 2,743 |
| Slovakia | 5 | 1:1,067,290 | 85,393 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Tuvalu | 1 | 1:11,188 | 103 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 41 | 1:594,521 | 30,269 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 54 | 1:929,976 | 55,839 |
The alternate forms: Villár (95) are calculated separately.
Villar (731) may also be a first name.
Villar Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Popular surname and name of over 200 Spanish towns and villages. Derived from word "villa" (see).
Synonym for "vilar" meaning place where there are many country homes. It also means place of the vetches, a plant used as green fodder.
Originated in Galicia and extended throughout Spain.
See Vila, Villano.
Villar Demographics
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Villar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Villar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Villar (Arabic: فيلار, Hindi: विल्लर, Russian: Виллар) is borne by more people in Spain than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Villár. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Villar? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,414th most commonly used last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 44,409 people. The surname Villar occurs mostly in The Americas, where 57 percent of Villar live; 36 percent live in South America and 21 percent live in Iberian Europe. Villar is also the 304,836th most widely held first name at a global level It is held by 731 people.
Villar is most frequently used in Spain, where it is carried by 34,686 people, or 1 in 1,348. In Spain it is primarily concentrated in: Galicia, where 21 percent are found, Andalusia, where 14 percent are found and Madrid, where 13 percent are found. Not including Spain it exists in 97 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 20 percent are found and Peru, where 9 percent are found.
Villar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Villar has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 10,604 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 593 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Villar Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Villar last name are 38.33% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 91.56% being registered with the political party.
The amount Villar earn in different countries varies significantly. In Peru they earn 12.04% more than the national average, earning S/. 21,719 per year; in Colombia they earn 16.47% less than the national average, earning $18,962,700 COP per year; in United States they earn 3.61% less than the national average, earning $41,590 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.81% less than the national average, earning $47,792 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Villar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Villar in the Hindi language | ||
| विल्लर | villara | 97.24 |
| विललर | vilalara | 2.21 |
| वील्लर | villara | 0.55 |
| Villar in the Russian language | ||
| Виллар | villar | - |
| Villar in the Arabic language | ||
| فيلار | fylar | - |
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