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Villar
A settlement or place name
Covelas, Castrelo de Mino
The story of the name
Places & landscape
A settlement or place name
A surname from places called Villar; in Galicia it can represent Vilar. The name belongs to a settlement-related naming tradition.
Place and landscape names connect naming with the world around a household: a settlement, a field, a spring or a building. The same word may occur in several localities. The birthplace of a named relative and the original place behind a surname are separate questions.
Name reference (opens in a new tab)Galicia · 2001
Census spelling: VILLAR · Galicia · 2001
- Rank in Galicia · 2001
- #38
- Occurrences in Galicia · 2001
- 15,622
- Share of surname occurrences
- 0.307%
- Municipalities · 2001
- 184
O Ribeiro · Ourense
The name around the Ribeiro · 2001
Selected municipalities, ordered by surname occurrences. The percentage is the share of all surname occurrences in each municipality.
Birthplace map| Municipality | Occurrences | Share of surname occurrences |
|---|---|---|
| Castrelo de Miño | 191 | 4.6688% |
| Cartelle | 180 | 2.4749% |
| Ribadavia | 41 | 0.3715% |
| Arnoia, A | 12 | 0.4874% |
| Leiro | 8 | 0.204% |
| Beade | 6 | 0.5213% |
- people assigned this surname
- 2
- recorded birthplaces
- 2
- recorded spellings
- 1
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Liberata Villar
- Born
- Abt. 1765 · Covelas, Castrelo de Mino
- Died
- Abt. 1840
Recorded parents
Parents are not yet recorded.
Recorded children
Luisa Villar
- Born
- Abt. 1740 · Reigoso, Castrelo de Miño
- Died
- Abt. 1815
Recorded parents
Parents are not yet recorded.
Recorded children
Places in this branch
Places in this branch
Birthplaces come from individual tree records. They show where these relatives are recorded, without proving where the surname first arose.
Explore the family map| Recorded birthplace | People |
|---|---|
| Covelas, Castrelo de Mino | 1 |
| Reigoso, Castrelo de Miño | 1 |
Sources & further research
The name reference supports the linguistic explanation above. Family details come from the tree; an illustration supplies atmosphere, not evidence about an ancestor.
Dictionary of American Family Names · 2022 (opens in a new tab)Real Academia Galega · Surname guide (opens in a new tab)Our family tree · People and relationshipsO Ribeiro · Avia · Miño · Arnoia
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