Vilain is used as a family name or surname in Belgium. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Vilain
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Belgium
Meaning: One certainty, the name does not refer to someone ugly. Let us not forget that it comes from the Latin villanus (= inhabitant of the house, ie the farm, the domain). What does it represent to the twelfth or thirteenth century? A farmer, and probably a prosperous farmer (see pagès Catalan), as shown many examples from the fables, the villain is one of the main targets. This is also the fables that are causing the modern sense. The word has gradually appointed a vile person, and ugly.

How popular is Vilain?

Vilain is common in Belgium.

Vilain is ranked 66700 on our list.

There are about 113 people in US who wears Vilain as surname and ranked 146201 in US Census Bureau. In 2010 census, the last name was found in around 0 per 1 million. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010
Black 54.87
White 30.09
Others 7.08
Hispanic or Latino 6.19
Vilain is quite popular family name mostly used in France while Belgium is ahead in terms of density. Around 6798 people have been found who wears Vilain as their family name. Vilain is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
96,935 Spain10
33,253 New Zealand9
9,053 Senegal5
214,847 Australia4
2,550 Haiti3
6,266 Luxembourg2
28,232 Morocco2
124,220 Italy2
199,150 Kazakhstan1
897,276 Russia1
6,149 Ethiopia1
801 Cape Verde1
174,544 Czech Republic1
6,033 Benin1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
16,640 Hong Kong1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
31,207 Ireland1
492,292 Ukraine1
5,553 Taiwan1
8,371 Syria1
38,841 Scotland1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
23,537 Switzerland45
43,851 Netherlands44
75,927 England43
93,878 Canada28
5,067 Trinidad and Tobago22
Countries with hundreds of Vilain:
36,063 Brazil318
138,308 United States150
71,225 Germany134
4,692 Denmark128
10,984 Venezuela125
Countries with thousands of Vilain:
1,488 France4,506
1,204 Belgium1,203
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Comments

C
Clora Perillo
Ugly is a widespread surname in France it represents the villanus Latin derivative of villa that is to say a- domain and appointed by former french XIII century, the peasant, a man of low condition this name expressed in general, in the names human, moral ugliness sense attests to the adjectival use of the XIII century.

Vilain Namesakes

  • Charles Vilain XIIII, Politician
  • Charles Vilain XIIII, Politician
  • Charles Vilain XIIII, Politician
  • Jean-Christophe Vilain, Musical Artist
  • Oberdan Nazareno Vilain, Soccer player

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