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Vilas Name Meaning
Catalan (Vilàs): variant of Vilars, from the
plural of vilar, a derivative of vila ‘farmstead’,
‘village’.Catalan: in some cases
also variant of Viles, from the plural form of vila
‘(outlying) farmstead’, ‘(dependent) settlement’ (see Vila
1).in some cases also Galician: habitational name from any
of the various places in Galicia named Vilas, from the plural of
vila ‘(outlying) farmstead’, ‘(dependent)
settlement’.Czech: from a pet form of the personal name
Vilém, Czech form of Wilhelm (see William).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Vilas Families
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United States
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Scotland
Number of Vilas families
 8 - 13  3 - 7 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Vilas Family Origin
Vilas Immigration Information
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Vilas Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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