Given name & surname
Vila
Vila is a surname from Spanish. It is used in English and Galician.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1893. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Vila through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 536
- 0 boys · 536 girls
- Most popular year
- 1926
- 24 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 24 in 1926. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 355 as a first name in 2020; 2,983 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Vila’s family of names
In Greek usage, Vila as a surname is a transliteration of Βίλα. In Greek usage, Vila as a surname is a transliteration of Βιλά.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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