The Vilela surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 357 people carried this name — #57,101 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is down 2% from 366 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 890 people named Vilela 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
249 people named Vilela live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 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 66 people named Vilela.
Most of them — 43 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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 print
Vilela in American newspapers,
1879–1925.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 95 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Vilela,
with a public archive behind them.
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Francisco Vilela Barbosa 1769–1846 · politician -
Evaldo Ferreira Vilela 1948– · university teacher -
Ivan Vilela 1962– · composer -
Amy Vilela 1969– · politician -
Rogério Vilela 1970– · illustrator -
Luiz Mancilha Vilela 1942–2022 · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 46 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Vilela.
- Viguerie 126 · U.S. census
- Vil 463 · U.S. census
- Vila 3,016 · U.S. census
- Vilanova 329 · U.S. census
- Vilar 594 · U.S. census
- Vilas 323 · U.S. census
- Vilella 293 · U.S. census
- Villa 52,817 · U.S. census
- Villacampa 121 · U.S. census
- Villaire 179 · U.S. census
- Villalba 4,913 · U.S. census
- Villalon 2,522 · U.S. census
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