Vilella Family Crest and Last Name Background

Anyone researching Vilella should also look under Vilela. The name is usually explained as “Small village”. The extra “l” in Vilella is a spelling habit rather than a different name. Other spellings include Vilhena.

In Spain, the INE population register lists 1,799 people with Vilella as their first surname and 1,599 as their second. Each Spaniard has two surnames, so the same name is counted once as first and once as second surname. French birth records list 175 children named Vilella between 1891 and 2000.

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