Find out how popular the last name Villars is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Villars.

Villars, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Villars surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Villars in America

Villars is the 40082nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Villars surname appeared 547 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Villars.

We can also compare 2010 data for Villars to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Villars

The surname Villars is of French origin and can be traced back to the Middle Ages. It is derived from the Old French word "villar," which means a large farmstead or village. This name was originally used to identify someone who lived in or came from a particular village or farming community.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Villars can be found in the Domesday Book, a record of landholders in England compiled in 1086 by order of William the Conqueror. The name appears as "de Villariis," indicating that the person was from a village or settlement.

In the 13th century, the name Villars was associated with several prominent families in the region of Franche-Comté, located in eastern France near the border with Switzerland. One notable figure was Jean de Villars, a knight and military leader who fought in the Hundred Years' War against the English in the early 14th century.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, members of the Villars family held influential positions in the French nobility and military. Claude Louis Hector de Villars (1653-1734) was a renowned Marshal of France who achieved significant victories during the War of the Spanish Succession.

Another notable bearer of the name was Marie Gigault de Villars (1628-1670), a French courtier and author who wrote memoirs and plays. Her husband, Pierre de Villars, was a nobleman and courtier at the court of Louis XIV.

In England, the name Villars or Villers can be traced back to the Norman Conquest in 1066, when many French nobles and their followers settled in the country. One example is William de Villiers, who was granted lands in Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire by William the Conqueror.

The surname Villars has also been associated with various place names in France, such as Villars-les-Dombes, Villars-sur-Ollon, and Villars-en-Pons. These locations likely influenced the adoption and spread of the name in different regions.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Villars

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Villars.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Villars was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Villars has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Villars was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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