The Avila surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 97,314 people carried this name — #318 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 3,030 people counted. That is up 39% from 69,843 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Avila surname
From Spanish or Galician Ávila.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Avila» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 78,196 people named Avila live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
247 people named Avila live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 172 people named Avila.
Most of them — 96 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
111 people named Avila are counted in Finland and Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Avila in American newspapers,
1900–1962.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 23,977 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Avila,
with a public archive behind them.
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Gustavo Ávila 1938– · jockey -
Marilyn Avila 1949– · politician -
Jorge Antonio Avila 1965– · politician -
Renata Ávila Pinto 1981– · lawyer -
Bryan Avila 1984– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 128 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Avila.
- Avedissian 267 · U.S. census
- Avella 745 · U.S. census
- Avellan 346 · U.S. census
- Avellaneda 2,090 · U.S. census
- Avena 895 · U.S. census
- Aversa 1,334 · U.S. census
- Aviles 25,716 · U.S. census
- Avis 2,156 · U.S. census
- Avon 436 · U.S. census
- Avram 494 · U.S. census
- Avril 496 · U.S. census
- Awad 5,446 · U.S. census
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