The Villarreal surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 61,355 people carried this name — #547 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 4,810 people counted. That is up 22% from 50,351 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 41,622 people named Villarreal 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
51 people named Villarreal live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 print
Villarreal in American newspapers,
1907–1935.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,171 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Villarreal,
with a public archive behind them.
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Bruno Villarreal 1801–1861 · military personnel -
Federico Villarreal 1850–1923 · astronomer -
Maria Andrea Villarreal Gonzalez 1881–1963 · writer -
Teresa Villarreal 1883– · writer -
Fernando N. Villarreal 1895–1929 · military personnel
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Fernando N. Villarreal: GabGar223, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 84 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Villarreal,
in the records of 3 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 States1,506 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 947
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 313
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 234
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 5
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 5
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Paul C. VillarrealBorn 1914 in Mexico. Enlisted 1945 at Phoenix, Arizona; miner. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1987, buried at National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record Ricardo VillarrealBorn 1947; from Fallbrook, California. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1968 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) -
Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Crecencio VillarrealConfederate Army veteran. Born 1840, died 1924; buried at San Jose Cemetery, Mission, Texas.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
Showing 3 of 1,506 records for Villarreal 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. 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).
Netherlands4 records
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Example: U.S. census, 1910 Population register Felipe VillarrealIn a population register; born 1873 in Vittoria.
Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: U.S. census, 1910 Population register Carlos VillarrealIn a population register; born in Bilbao.
Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: U.S. census, 1910 Population register Concepcion VillarrealIn a population register; born in Bilbao.
Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 3 of 4 records for Villarreal in the Netherlands.
Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).
France1 record
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Eleonore VillarrealBorn 1907 in Spain; died 1991 in Dieppe (Seine-Maritime).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
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).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Villarreal.
- Villani 3,053 · U.S. census
- Villanova 791 · U.S. census
- Villanueva 61,883 · U.S. census
- Villar 5,530 · U.S. census
- Villard 721 · U.S. census
- Villareal 9,614 · U.S. census
- Villars 547 · U.S. census
- Villasenor 14,180 · U.S. census
- Villate 148 · U.S. census
- Villatoro 10,535 · U.S. census
- Ville 193 · U.S. census
- Villebrun 178 · U.S. census
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