Villanueva surname meaning

Villanueva is a Spanish habitational surname meaning “new village” or “new town.” It comes from villa, a village or settlement, and nueva, “new,” and could identify someone who came from any of several places called Villanueva. The name therefore points to a locality rather than to one founding family. Villa Nueva and Villanova are useful comparison forms shaped by spacing, language, or spelling practice. Place is the high-confidence catalog type because the literal place-name structure is clear, even though a family’s particular Villanueva birthplace must be found in records.