The Villareal surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,614 people carried this name — #3,693 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 30,700 people counted. That is up 12% from 8,577 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Villareal surname

From Spanish, variant of Villarreal.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Villareal» (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 464 people named Villareal 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 240
Santa Fe 60
Córdoba 59
Santiago del Estero 39
Tucumán 20
Chaco 18
Entre Ríos 16
City of Buenos Aires 12

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 26 people named Villareal.

Most of them — 17 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 3 départements, most often Indre.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 17
Indre 1
Seine-Saint-Denis 1

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

In print

Villareal in American newspapers,
1907–1915.

Newspaper page from The Washington Herald carrying the name Villareal
The Washington Herald 1907-02-11
Newspaper page from Tensas Gazette carrying the name Villareal
Tensas Gazette 1915-03-05
Newspaper page from The Washington Herald carrying the name Villareal
The Washington Herald 1907-07-02

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,288 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Villareal in Australian newspapers,
1930s–1960s.

282 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Villareal. The most, 244, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

ACT (Canberra) 4
New South Wales 1
Queensland 1
Victoria 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Villareal.

Who carried it

People named Villareal,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Cornelio Villareal
    Cornelio Villareal 1904–1992 · politician
  • José Gregorio Villareal d. 2007
  • José Paz Villareal Toloza d. 2011
  • Carlos Armando Villareal Echeverri d. 2001
  • Florencio Villareal 1799–1899 · military personnel
  • Viviano L. Villareal 1838–1938 · lawyer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Villareal,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States387 records

387 records of the Villareal name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 251
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 80
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 49
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Frank V. Villareal

    Born 1913 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Indianapolis, Indiana; metal worker from Lake County, Indiana. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Ridgelawn Cemetery, Gary, Indiana.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Alfonso P. Villareal

    Born 1930; from Maricopa County, Arizona. U.S. Army; killed in action 1951 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Dionisio Villareal

    U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1954, died 1997; buried at Calvary Hill Cemetery, Dallas, Texas.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 387 records for Villareal in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

France7 records

7 records of the Villareal name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Paul Ignace Villareal

    Born 1926 in Vietnam; died 1999 in Vietnam.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Maria Victoria Villareal

    Born 1918 in San Martin (Vénézuéla); died 1992 in Villepinte (Seine-Saint-Denis).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Patrick Villareal

    Born 1957 in Vietnam; died 1994 in Aix-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 7 records for Villareal in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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