Villar History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France
Spain

The enchanting region of Bourgoigne was the historical homeland of the prominent surname Villar. Villar is a topographic surname, which is a type of hereditary surname. These were given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. Habitation names form the other broad category of surnames that were derived from place-names. They were derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads. Other local names are derived from the names of houses, manors, estates, regions, and entire counties. As a general rule, the greater the distance between an individual and their homeland, the larger the territory they were named after. For example, a person who only moved to another parish would be known by the name of their original village, while people who migrated to a different country were often known by the name of a region or country from which they came.

Early Origins of the Villar family

The surname Villar was first found in Burgundy (French: Bourgogne), an administrative and historical region of east-central France, where this family has been known to live from ancient times.

Early History of the Villar family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Villar research. Another 181 words (13 lines of text) covering the years 1030, 1653 and 1734 are included under the topic Early Villar History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Villar Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Villars, Villar, Villart, Villare, Vilars, Vilart, Vilare, Villarts, Villares, Vilarts, Vilares, Villard, Villards, Villarte, Villarde, Villartes, Villardes, Vilarte, Vilarde, Vilartes, Vilardes, de Villars and many more.

Early Notables of the Villar family

Notable amongst the family at this time was

Claude-Louis-Hector, Duke of Villars, Field Marshal

Villar Ranking

In the United States, the name Villar is the 8,983^rd most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1 However, in France, the name Villar is ranked the 6,400^th most popular surname with an estimated 1,000 - 1,500 people with that name. 2

Villar migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Villar Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Rafael De Villar, aged 33, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1803 3
Charles Villar, who settled in Philadelphia in 1806
Gines Villar, aged 24, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1826 3
Francisco Villar, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1829 3
Gabriel Villar, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1852 3
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Villar (post 1700) +

Francisca Villar (b. 1983), American politician, Socialism and Liberation Candidate for Mayor of New York City, New York, 2009 4
Miguel Pérez Villar (1945-2022), Spanish businessman and politician, Member of the Senate of Spain from 1991 to 1993
Domingo Villar (1971-2022), Spanish crime writer, born and raised in Vigo, Galicia, Spain
Diego Nicolás Villar (b. 1981), Argentine football winger
Cynthia Aguilar Villar (b. 1950), Filipino politician
Ángel María Villar Llona (b. 1950), Spanish retired professional footballer
Ricardo Villar (b. 1979), Brazilian footballer
Manuel "Manny" Bamba Villar Jr. (b. 1949), Filipino businessman and politician

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 28) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html