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
Villar (Arabic: فيلار, Hindi: विल्लर, Russian: Виллар) is most common in Spain. It can also occur as: Villár. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Villar? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,414th most frequent family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 44,409 people. The surname Villar is primarily found in The Americas, where 57 percent of Villar reside; 36 percent reside in South America and 21 percent reside in Iberian Europe. It is also the 304,836th most frequent first name in the world. It is borne by 731 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Spain, where it is carried by 34,686 people, or 1 in 1,348. In Spain Villar is primarily found in: Galicia, where 21 percent live, Andalusia, where 14 percent live and Madrid, where 13 percent live. Besides Spain this last name is found in 97 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 20 percent live and Peru, where 9 percent live.
Villar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Villar has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Villar last name increased 10,604 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 593 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Villar Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Villar are 38.33% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 91.56% being registered with the 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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