Villanueva
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Luis, Manuel, Carlos, Francisco, Jesus, Miguel, Raul, Pedro, Roberto, Ruben.
Spanish:
habitational name from any of the very frequent places called Villanueva, from villa ‘(outlying) farmstead, (dependent) settlement’ (see Villa ) + nueva (feminine) ‘new’ (from Latin nova).
Castilianized form of Catalan and Galician Vilanova , a cognate of 1 above.
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| Top 5 Provinces | Number of Records |
|---|---|
| Manila | 15,320 |
| Quezon | 3,053 |
| Batangas | 2,927 |
| Bulacan | 2,853 |
| Rizal | 2,427 |
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