Virgilia Surname

1,994,173rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 88 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Dominican Republic
Highest density in:
Dominican Republic

Virgilia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Virgilia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Dominican Republic461:226,8038,136
Brazil221:9,730,651206,332
Philippines71:14,462,603238,248
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

The alternate forms: Virgília (1) are calculated separately.

Virgilia (32,856) may also be a first name.

Virgilia Last Name Facts

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

The surname Virgilia is most common in The Dominican Republic. It can also appear as: Virgília. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Virgilia? popularity and diffusion

The surname Virgilia is the 1,994,173rd most frequently occurring last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 82,813,022 people. The last name Virgilia occurs mostly in The Americas, where 82 percent of Virgilia live; 52 percent live in Caribbean and 52 percent live in Hispano-Caribbean. Virgilia is also the 25,973rd most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 32,856 people.

This surname is most commonly held in The Dominican Republic, where it is held by 46 people, or 1 in 226,803. Apart from The Dominican Republic this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 25 percent are found and The Philippines, where 8 percent are found.

Virgilia Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Virgilia has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Virgilia surname decreased 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Virgilia
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