Frequency: (164)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Spanish (De Ávila): variant of Spanish D'Ávila (see Davila 1).
GIVEN NAMES: Spanish 48%; Portuguese 16%. Jose (6), Jesus (4), Luis (4), Francisco (3), Manuel (3), Miguel (3), Alfredo (2), Carlos (2), Esperanza (2), Gerardo (2), Javier (2), Jorge (2); Joao.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
