Villafañe History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Portugal

Etymology of Villafañe

What does the name Villafañe mean?

The Villafañe surname is a Portuguese and Galician name from Davila, meaning "from a town or village."

Early Origins of the Villafañe family

The surname Villafañe was first found in the Spanish town of Avila.

Early History of the Villafañe family

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Villafañe Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: D'Avilla, Da Villa, D'Avila, Devilla, Davilla, De Villa, Avila, Avilla, Villa and many more.

Early Notables of the Villafañe family

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Villafañe Ranking

In the United States, the name Villafañe is the 17,500^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Villafañe migration to the United States +

Villafañe Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Francisco Villafane, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1841 2
Juan De Villafane, aged 25, who landed in Peru in 1884 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Villafañe (post 1700) +

Alejandra Villafañe (1989-2023), Colombian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned as Miss Earth Colombia 2014

Sources +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
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)