Villa surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

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 map

Where they were born

Born outside France 253
Paris 114
Hérault 97
Corsica 95
Haute-Garonne 81
Bouches-du-Rhône 74
Aude 63
Gironde 38
Pyrénées-Orientales 32

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 map

Where they live today

Ticino 188
Zurich 86
Vaud 68
Geneva 48
Aargau 32
Graubünden 18
Thurgau 16
Lucerne 15

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

Liège 18
Brussels-Capital 5
Flemish Brabant 5
Namur 5

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.

Newspaper page from Tensas Gazette carrying the name Villa
Tensas Gazette 1908-12-04
Newspaper page from Fergus County Democrat carrying the name Villa
Fergus County Democrat 1914-06-18
Newspaper page from The North Mississippi Herald carrying the name Villa
The North Mississippi Herald 1915-03-05

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.

  • Giovanni Villa Riso
    Giovanni Villa Riso 1813–1884 · politician
  • Ercole Villa
    Ercole Villa 1827–1909 · sculptor
  • Tommaso Villa
    Tommaso Villa 1832–1915 · lawyer
  • Raul Villa-Lobos
    Raul Villa-Lobos 1862–1899 · librarian
  • Giovanni Villa
    Giovanni Villa 1862–1930 · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 218 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

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