Villeneau Surname

1,755,741st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 109 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uruguay
Highest density in:
Uruguay

Villeneau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Villeneau Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uruguay441:77,9948,034
France281:2,372,240182,981
England221:2,532,63991,802
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Villeneau Last Name Facts

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

The surname Villeneau is carried by more people in Uruguay than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Villeneau? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,755,741st most prevalent family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 66,858,219 people. The surname Villeneau occurs mostly in The Americas, where 53 percent of Villeneau live; 42 percent live in South America and 41 percent live in Hispanic Southern America.

The last name is most frequent in Uruguay, where it is carried by 44 people, or 1 in 77,994. In Uruguay Villeneau is most frequent in: Canelones Department, where 80 percent live, Maldonado Department, where 11 percent live and Montevideo Department, where 9 percent live. Not including Uruguay this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in France, where 26 percent live and England, where 20 percent live.

Villeneau Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Villeneau has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Villeneau last name expanded 150 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Villeneau Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Villeneau earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 20.03% more than the national average, earning $51,792 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.43% less than the national average, earning $39,038 CAD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Villeneau
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