Villegas Surname

1,009th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 529,191 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Costa Rica

Villegas Surname Definition:

Found as name of village near Burgos. Derived from prefix "Villa-" (see) plus suffix "-gas" - which may be abbreviation of word "fabregas," meaning to manufacture. If conjecture true, name implies, village where manufacturing is done. "Egas" is a variant of "echa" meaning "casa" or house.

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Villegas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico164,5921:754116
Philippines59,0071:1,716103
Venezuela56,4441:535101
Colombia43,6331:1,095238
United States41,6721:8,6981,051
Peru36,9961:859119
Argentina31,6371:1,351194
Chile22,6921:776175
Spain17,4301:2,682315
Ecuador13,4571:1,182201
Bolivia12,9921:817167
Costa Rica12,5991:379105
El Salvador3,4881:1,819324
Guatemala2,7011:5,954780
Dominican Republic2,4111:4,327477
Cuba1,3151:8,763809
Nicaragua1,1051:5,449551
Brazil7481:286,19611,018
Panama6831:5,728638
Uruguay6231:5,508621
Canada5721:64,4157,505
Australia4201:64,2757,702
Honduras2961:29,785987
Puerto Rico2431:14,610610
England1611:346,07525,095
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
France1511:439,88663,493
Belgium821:140,20320,001
Russia761:1,896,356120,402
Germany751:1,073,40672,288
Bahrain591:22,8584,582
Italy501:1,223,13475,323
Portugal471:221,6658,706
Netherlands401:422,17943,576
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
Guam371:4,328556
Thailand331:2,140,556247,258
Malaysia321:921,69541,854
Paraguay321:226,1484,042
Switzerland311:264,93321,684
Norway251:205,69123,411
New Zealand231:196,88420,367
Sweden221:447,58032,003
Singapore171:323,98313,856
United Arab Emirates171:538,95723,493
Austria141:608,24554,975
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Taiwan121:1,953,72912,642
China111:124,301,9616,553
Northern Mariana Islands111:4,962486
Andorra101:8,3841,259
Aruba91:11,4971,511
Scotland91:594,86921,724
Denmark71:806,38843,211
Hong Kong71:1,047,9264,985
Afghanistan51:6,430,63727,710
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
United States Virgin Islands51:22,0752,767
Brunei41:104,6832,048
Falkland Islands41:783169
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Malta41:107,5681,849
Micronesia41:26,561731
South Korea41:12,810,0642,073
Suriname41:138,1547,029
Armenia31:976,72713,552
Belize31:118,4913,439
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Greece31:3,693,263126,191
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Slovakia31:1,778,817104,392
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Grenada21:54,2681,538
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
Montenegro21:319,7827,691
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Senegal21:7,289,6718,117
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Comoros11:749,524685
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Dominica11:75,891912
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Palau11:21,643223
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States271:1,859,95194,590

The alternate forms: Villegás (1) & Villégas (1) are calculated separately.

Villegas (70) may also be a first name.

Villegas Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Found as name of village near Burgos. Derived from prefix "Villa-" (see) plus suffix "-gas" - which may be abbreviation of word "fabregas," meaning to manufacture. If conjecture true, name implies, village where manufacturing is done. "Egas" is a variant of "echa" meaning "casa" or house.

Castilian name from mountains of Santillana (Santander). See Villa.

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

Villegas Last Name Facts

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

The surname Villegas (Russian: Виллегас) has its highest incidence in Mexico. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Villegás or Villégas. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Villegas? popularity and diffusion

The surname Villegas is the 1,009th most commonly used surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 13,771 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 85 percent of Villegas are found; 41 percent are found in South America and 31 percent are found in Hispano-North America. Villegas is also the 1,162,016th most commonly held first name globally, borne by 70 people.

It is most widely held in Mexico, where it is carried by 164,592 people, or 1 in 754. In Mexico it is most common in: México, where 16 percent live, Mexico City, where 8 percent live and Guanajuato, where 7 percent live. Other than Mexico it occurs in 112 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 11 percent live and Venezuela, where 11 percent live.

Villegas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Villegas has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Villegas surname expanded 154,341 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Villegas Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Villegas surname are 42.78% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 96.01% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Villegas earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 21.94% less than the national average, earning 270,142 kr per year; in Peru they earn 13.48% less than the national average, earning S/. 16,772 per year; in Colombia they earn 7.65% more than the national average, earning $24,439,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 14.35% less than the national average, earning $36,959 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.53% less than the national average, earning $49,420 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Villegas Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Villegas in the Russian language
Виллегасvillegas-

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Villegas Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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