Favela Last Name Facts and Heraldry

Heraldry follows families, not surnames. A Favela coat of arms, where one exists, belonged to a specific line.

Surname statistics

Counting heads is the honest place to start with Favela.

We do not guess at meanings: where the dictionaries are silent on Favela, the family's own records come first. Start with the most recent records and work back one generation at a time. The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Favela with 7,439 bearers, at rank 4,761. Hispanic and Latino Americans made up 97% of the total.

Get the complete Favela report, with a museum-style coat of arms.