Davila

See also: davila, dávila, and Dávila

English

Etymology

From Spanish Dávila (“from Ávila”) or from Galician Davila (“from Vila”).

Proper noun

Davila (plural Davilas)

1. A surname from Spanish, of Spanish or Galician origin

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Davila is the 774^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 44388 individuals. Davila is most common among Hispanic/Latino (91.95%) individuals.

Galician

Alternative forms

• Da Vila

Etymology

From da (“of the”) + any of a large number of places named Vila (“village; town”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [da‿ˈβilɐ]

Proper noun

Davila

1. a toponymical surname

References

• “Davila” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “Davila” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “Da_Vila” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.