The villarreal Surname
villarreal Name Meaning and History
- Spanish: habitational name from any of several places named Villar(r)eal, from Spanish villa ‘(outlying) farmstead’, ‘(dependent) settlement’ + real ‘royal’ (Latin regalis), as for example Villarreal de San Carlos in Cáceres. The places were so named from having some particular connection with the Crown.
- in some cases, variant of Catalan Vila-real, from the town named Vila-real in Castelló de la Plana provinve.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Villarreal/Garza/Gonzales/Saenz/Saff-Saffa/Aguirre INFORMATION | Theresa Aguirre | 7 |
| Guadalupe Villarreal |
 green48
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JRod3gen
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| VILLARREAL Ruperta 1898-1986 |
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| VILLARREAL Luis T and Agapita |
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| Looking for Famiily |
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| Looking for my grandma's half brothers | Nikki | 6 |
| Linda Ann Villarreal | Lori Erickson-Shelton | 3 |
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| VILLARREAL Ana Maria B 1926-1994 |
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