Vilău Surname

966,131st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 269 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Vilău Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Vilău Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania2681:74,9178,887
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

The alternate forms: Viläu (1) & Vilaú (117) are calculated separately.

Vilău Last Name Facts

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

Vilău is borne by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant: Viläu or Vilaú. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Vilău? popularity and diffusion

The surname Vilău is the 966,131st most commonly occurring last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 27,091,249 people. The last name Vilău occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Vilău live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 100 percent live in Romanian Europe.

The last name is most common in Romania, where it is held by 268 people, or 1 in 74,917. In Romania Vilău is most numerous in: Argeș County, where 16 percent are found, Sibiu County, where 16 percent are found and Bucharest Municipality, where 15 percent are found. Besides Romania Vilău is found in one country. It also occurs in Belgium, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Viläu931/
Vilaú87117/
Viljus7383/
Viloiu7338/
Viléus732/
Vaileou6734/
Vailiou6712/
Vailaau676/
Vailoju673/
Vailyou671/
Vileius671/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Vilău
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