as a Last Name
- 44,339
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Villanueva
Meaning & Origins
Spanish: 1. habitational name from any of the numerous places named Villanueva, from Spanish villa ‘(outlying) farmstead’, ‘(dependent) settlement’ + nueva (feminine) ‘new’ (Latin nova). 2. Castilianized spelling of Catalan and Galician Vilanova, a habitational name from a frequent place name, of the same derivation as 1 above.
| 781st in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Villa, Villarreal, Villegas, Villalobos, Villareal, Villasenor, Villagomez, Villatoro, Villar, Villalpando
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 44,339
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Virgin Island
- has the most people named Villanueva per capita
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