The Villa surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 39,402 people carried this name — #797 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 6,840 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,345 people named Villa.
253 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 75 départements, most often Paris.
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
548 people named Villa live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 33 people named Villa live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Villa in American newspapers,
1908–1916.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 744,437 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Villa,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giovanni Villa Riso 1813–1884 · politician -
Ercole Villa 1827–1909 · sculptor -
Tommaso Villa 1832–1915 · lawyer -
Raul Villa-Lobos 1862–1899 · librarian -
Giovanni Villa 1862–1930 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 218 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Villa.
- Vila 2,499 · U.S. census
- Vilanova 242 · U.S. census
- Vilar 514 · U.S. census
- Vilas 348 · U.S. census
- Vilela 366 · U.S. census
- Vilella 191 · U.S. census
- Villacampa 108 · U.S. census
- Villaire 177 · U.S. census
- Villalba 3,285 · U.S. census
- Villalon 1,876 · U.S. census
- Villalonga 174 · U.S. census
- Villani 2,521 · U.S. census
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