as a Last Name
- 79,392
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Padilla
Meaning & Origins
Spanish: habitational name from any of the various minor places, for example in the provinces of Burgos, Guadalajara, and Valladolid, named from Spanish padilla ‘frying pan’, ‘breadpan’ (Latin patella, a diminutive of patina ‘shallow dish’), a word which was commonly used in the topographical sense of a gentle depression.
| 403rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 79,392
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- New Mexico
- has the most people named Padilla per capita
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