Villalba

English

Etymology

From the Spanish surname, from villa (“settlement, farmstead”) + albo (“white”).

Proper noun

Villalba (countable and uncountable, plural Villalbas)

1. A surname.
2. A municipality in Lugo, Galicia, Spain.

Derived terms

• Collado Villalba

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Villalba is the 6852^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4913 individuals. Villalba is most common among Hispanic/Latino (93.79%) individuals.

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /biˈʝalba/ [biˈʝal.β̞a]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /biˈʝalba/ [biˈʝal.β̞a]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /biˈʎalba/ [biˈʎal.β̞a]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /biˈʃalba/ [biˈʃal.β̞a]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /biˈʒalba/ [biˈʒal.β̞a]

• Rhymes: -alba
• Syllabification: Vi‧llal‧ba

Proper noun

Villalba f

1. Villalba

Derived terms

• villalbés