as a Last Name
- 4,074
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Favela
Meaning & Origins
Spanish: of uncertain origin; possibly from a Visigothic personal name Fafila, or alternatively from a derivative of faba, a regional form of haba ‘broad bean’. Possibly in some instances, it could be based on Portuguese and Galician fabela ‘small plot’.
| 7,125th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 4,074
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Nevada
- has the most people named Favela per capita
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