Avila

surname · Latin script

Meaning: A surname from Spanish of Spanish and Galician origin

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/aβila/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Avila is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Honduras it is the 14th most common surname.

rarermore common
  • HNHonduras≈1 in 202(inferred from the name graph)
  • ECEcuador1 in 421
  • ARArgentina1 in 582

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

97,314 people, 2010

#310 (measured from records)

of 19M surnames

3 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
458 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 202 (inferred from the name graph)

Honduras, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

AvilaLatin(measured from records)
АвилаCyrillic(measured from records)
ΆβιλαGreek(measured from records)

Locally spelled Ávila in CR Costa Rica.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

A surname from Spanish of Spanish and Galician origin.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Avila counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Avila is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States#39397,3141 in 3.4K97KAvila458
AR Argentina#8578,1961 in 58278KAvila129
CO Colombia#76≈78,000 est.≈1 in 63355Avila165
BR Brazil#204≈62,000 est.≈1 in 3.4K5.6KAvila179
PH Philippines#76≈57,000 est.≈1 in 1.9K—Avila109
HN Honduras#14≈46,000 est.≈1 in 202—Avila73
EC Ecuador—40,1831 in 42140KAvila76
CR Costa Rica#60910,4451 in 48810KÁvila90
UY Uruguay—5,8461 in 5795.8K—46

97,314 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); the co-datosgov-candidates register; INEC — civil registry names; TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Avila is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name6 spellings in the group

    Also written Àvila, Åvila, Ävila, ́ávila, Ávila

  • Lao surname32 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Laos, United States, Thailand, Peru

    Languages: Lao, Thai

    Also written Ávila, อาบีลา, Àvila, Ávílá, Ävila

  • Sinhala surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Peru, United Kingdom

    Also written Ávila

68 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Avila is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, prov, city, Spain

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

  • English: this occurs in the Middle Ages as a Latinized form of a medieval Germanic name related to AVIS . In modern use, however, it is borne almost exclusively by Roman Catholics, among whom it is bestowed in honour of St Theresa of Avila (1515–82).

    as a word

  • In Latvian, pilsēta Spānijas centrālajā daļā (Ávila), Kastīlijas un Leonas autonomajā apgabalā, provinces administratīvais centrs, 58900 iedzīvotāju (2014. g.)

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

  • In Latvian, province Spānijā (Ávila), Kastīlijas un Leonas autonomā apgabala dienvidu daļā

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

  • In Latvian, Ivalo - apdzīvota vieta Somijas ziemeļos, Lapzemē (Ivalo)

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1940196019802000Al Avila, b. 1959Rita Avila, b. 1964Nahamán González, b. 1967Michele Avila, b. 1968Renata Ávila Pinto, b. 1981Allan Alemán, b. 1983Eva Avila, b. 1987Alex Avila, b. 1987Oscar Avila, b. 2000

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalEstimado/a Avila,Dear Avila, (English)
InformalEstimado/a Avila,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 63 sources across 34 countries.

Official registers attesting Avila
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010201097K#318
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020202096K#326
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—78K—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000200070K#421
EC EcuadorINEC — civil registry names202440K#91
CR Costa RicaTSE — electoral roll (padrón) names—10K#155
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—5.8K—
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)2024411—
CO ColombiaColombia — Función Pública SIGEP II public-servant name corpus (datos.gov.co)—55#63
CR Costa RicaTSE — Consulta de nombres (Padrón Nacional Electoral name enumeration)———

Reference works 4

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Avila mean, and where does it come from?
A surname from Spanish of Spanish and Galician origin. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Avila?
A machine transcription gives /aβila/ (IPA) for Spanish.
What are other forms of the name Avila?
In the etymology graph, Avice is a form of the same name in other languages; Aveline is a recorded short or pet form.
In which country does Avila have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 97 thousand people named Avila, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled avila.
How common is the name Avila?
In the United States, the national register counted 97,314 people named Avila in 2010, about 1 in 3.4 thousand residents.
How common is Avila compared with other names?
In the United States, Avila is the 393rd most common surname of 6,282,806 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Avila” — the 393rd most common surname in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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