Villalba
English
Etymology
From the Spanish surname, from villa (“settlement, farmstead”) + albo (“white”).
Proper noun
Villalba (countable and uncountable, plural Villalbas)
- A surname.
- A municipality in Lugo, Galicia, Spain.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Villalba is the 6852nd 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] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /biˈʎalba/ [biˈʎal.β̞a] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /biˈʃalba/ [biˈʃal.β̞a] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /biˈʒalba/ [biˈʒal.β̞a] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -alba
- Syllabification: Vi‧llal‧ba
Proper noun
Villalba f
- Villalba (a municipality in Lugo, Galicia, Spain)
Derived terms
Proper noun
Villalba m or f by sense
- a surname