The surname Valdes
A surname, carried by 20,527 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex V432
Origin
From Spanish Valdés, from Asturian Valdés.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 20,527 people named Valdes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 15,041 Americans. That is up 32% since 2000, when the Census counted 15,567.
Who is named Valdes
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
90% of people named Valdes identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 8.7% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 90%
- White (not Hispanic) 8.7%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
- Two or more races 0.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Valdes
Valdes has the Soundex code V432, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V432.
Questions
- Where does the surname Valdes come from?
- From Spanish Valdés, from Asturian Valdés.
- How common is the surname Valdes?
- 20,527 people in the United States had the surname Valdes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,041 Americans. It ranked 1,745th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Valdes?
- In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Valdes identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 8.7% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Valdes getting more or less common?
- More common. 15,567 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 20,527 in 2010, up 32%.