Vilas Family History
- 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).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 18,432 Historical Documents with Vilas on Ancestry
- 7,415 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 3,067 Census and Voter Lists
- 768 Military Records
- 2,143 Immigration Records
- 5,039 Member Trees
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Vilas census records
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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