# Duval (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/duval/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A topographic surname from French of French origin, for someone who lived in a valley.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,851 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,014 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 34,883 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.2% (8,575 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Val |

## Etymology

Borrowed from French Duval.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Duval in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 80% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 5.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Duval in the United States, Belgium and Australia.

## People named Duval

- James Duval, American actor
- Victoria Duval, American tennis player
- François Duval, Belgian rally driver
- Alf Duval, Australian rower
- Henri Duval de Dampierre
- William Pope Duval, American politician (1784-1854)
- Paulette Duval, Argentine actress (1889-1951)
- Trevon Duval, American basketball player (born 1998)

## Similar surnames

Duvall, Devall, Davila, Dibble, Deville, Dipaolo, DePaul, DiPaola, Dubiel, Dippel, DePaola, Depaolo.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.