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The surname Valadez

A Spanish surname, carried by 21,859 people in the United States.

Pronounced /bæləˈdɛs/ 3 syllables Soundex V432

Valadez: #1,645 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Valadez #1,645, 21,859 people Valadez: #1,645 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Valadez #1,645, 21,859 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Valadez is more common than 99% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Valadez.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 21,859 people named Valadez in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 14,124 Americans. That is up 36% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,083.

#1,645
rank among US surnames
21,859
people in 2010
7.4
per 100,000 Americans
+35.9%
change since 2000 (was #2,064)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#1,637Lujan22,02114,021
#1,638Babcock22,01614,024
#1,639Hand22,00614,030
#1,640Winkler21,99314,038
#1,641Painter21,96914,054
#1,642Regan21,95114,065
#1,643Bragg21,93414,076

Who is named Valadez

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Valadez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.8% as white (not Hispanic).

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
  • White (not Hispanic) 4.8%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or more races 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

  • Baladez

Surnames that sound like Valadez

Valadez has the Soundex code V432, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V432.

Other Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Valadez come from?
Borrowed from Spanish Valadez.
How common is the surname Valadez?
21,859 people in the United States had the surname Valadez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,124 Americans. It ranked 1,645th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Valadez?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Valadez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.8% as white (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Valadez?
Valadez is /bæləˈdɛs/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Valadez getting more or less common?
More common. 16,083 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 21,859 in 2010, up 36%.
What are other spellings of Valadez?
Baladez.