The Davila surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 44,388 people carried this name — #774 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 6,640 people counted. That is up 29% from 34,541 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Davila surname
A surname from Spanish, of Spanish or Galician origin.
From Spanish Dávila (“from Ávila”) or from Galician Davila (“from Vila”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Davila» (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 10,466 people named Davila 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 115 people named Davila.
28 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Guadeloupe.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
99 people named Davila live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 the Nordic population registers
40 people named Davila is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
In print
Davila in American newspapers,
1805–1961.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 28,456 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Davila,
with a public archive behind them.
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Enrico Caterino Davila 1576–1631 · writer -
Pedro Franco Dávila 1711–1786 · naturalist -
Carol Davila 1828–1884 · physician -
Alexandru Davila 1862–1929 · actor -
Julio Dávila 1871–1971 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 65 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Davila.
- Daviau 359 · U.S. census
- David 44,040 · U.S. census
- Davidian 725 · U.S. census
- Davidson 103,930 · U.S. census
- Davies 33,753 · U.S. census
- Davignon 983 · U.S. census
- Davin 1,723 · U.S. census
- Davinroy 141 · U.S. census
- Davion 113 · U.S. census
- Davis 1,116,357 · U.S. census
- Davit 126 · U.S. census
- Davoli 458 · U.S. census
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