The Vilar surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 594 people carried this name — #37,492 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 500,000 people counted. That is up 16% from 514 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Vilar surname
Borrowed from Catalan, Galician and Portuguese Vilar.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Vilar» (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 1,972 people named Vilar 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 315 people named Vilar.
58 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 33 départements, most often Pyrénées-Orientales.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
156 people named Vilar live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 print
Vilar in American newspapers,
1915–1916.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,479 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Vilar.
- Vigor 142 · U.S. census
- Vigue 1,289 · U.S. census
- Viguerie 126 · U.S. census
- Vil 463 · U.S. census
- Vila 3,016 · U.S. census
- Vilanova 329 · U.S. census
- Vilas 323 · U.S. census
- Vilela 357 · U.S. census
- Vilella 293 · U.S. census
- Villa 52,817 · U.S. census
- Villacampa 121 · U.S. census
- Villaire 179 · U.S. census
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