How common is the surname Valderrama?

2,445 people in the United States had the surname Valderrama in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 126,276 Americans. It ranked 12,652nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Valderrama?

Wilmer Valderrama, American-Venezuelan actor, followed by Jorge Valderrama.

Where is the surname Valderrama most common?

Wikidata records people named Valderrama in the United States and Bolivia.

Is the surname Valderrama getting more or less common?

More common. 1,540 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,445 in 2010, up 59%.

The surname Valderrama

A Spanish surname, carried by 2,445 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex V436

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Valderrama is more common than 92.2% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Valderrama.

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 2,445 people named Valderrama in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 126,276 Americans. That is up 59% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,540.

#12,652

rank among US surnames

2,445

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+58.8%

change since 2000 (was #17,001)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,644	Konopka	2,447	126,173
#12,649	Calero	2,446	126,225
#12,652	Fullen	2,445	126,276
#12,656	Houghtaling	2,444	126,328
#12,659	Rayfield	2,443	126,380
#12,661	Basquez	2,442	126,431

Who is named Valderrama

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

87% of people named Valderrama identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.6% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 87%
White (not Hispanic) 6.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 4.5%
Two or more races 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Valderramas

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Wilmer Valderrama
American-Venezuelan actor, born 1980
Jorge Valderrama
Bolivian footballer (1906-1968)

Notable Valderramas come mostly from the United States (1) and Bolivia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Balderama
Balderrama

Surnames that sound like Valderrama

Valderrama has the Soundex code V436, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V436.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Valderrama come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Valderrama.
How common is the surname Valderrama?: 2,445 people in the United States had the surname Valderrama in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 126,276 Americans. It ranked 12,652nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Valderrama?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Valderrama identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.6% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Valderrama?: Wilmer Valderrama, American-Venezuelan actor, followed by Jorge Valderrama.
Where is the surname Valderrama most common?: Wikidata records people named Valderrama in the United States and Bolivia.
Is the surname Valderrama getting more or less common?: More common. 1,540 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,445 in 2010, up 59%.
What are other spellings of Valderrama?: Balderama and Balderrama.