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The Villanova surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 791 people carried this name — #29,740 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 370,400 people counted. That is up 4% from 764 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Villanova surname

From Italian villa nova (“new village”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Villanova» (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 575 people named Villanova 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.

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Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 238
Entre Ríos 216
City of Buenos Aires 43
Río Negro 37
Santa Fe 23
Córdoba 18

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 332 people named Villanova.

73 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 34 départements, most often Corsica.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 73
Corsica 85
Hérault 42
Paris 23
Haute-Savoie 15
Bouches-du-Rhône 10
Gard 9
Alpes-Maritimes 8
Aude 6

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

Who carried it

People named Villanova,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Emilia Villanova y González de Colomer 1806–1857 · singer
  • Enrico Villanova 1845–1910 · politician
  • Mathieu Villanova 1925–2012 · association football player
  • Manolo Villanova 1942–2025 · association football player
  • Daniel Villanova 1953– · actor
  • Simone Villanova 1984– · association football player

Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

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