# Valdez (surname)

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

A surname from Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 124,995 |
| US rank (2010) | 244 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 2,470 people |
| Change since 2000 | +27% (98,610 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Spanish Valdez, from Asturian Valdés.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Valdez 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) | 6.3% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 89% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 0.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Valdez in the United States and Argentina.

## People named Valdez

- Luis Valdez, American writer and director
- Rubén Óscar Valdez, Argentine footballer and manager (1946–2025)
- Jeremy Ray Valdez, American actor
- Claire Valdez, American politician (born 1989)
- Jesse Valdez, boxer

## Similar surnames

Valadez, Valdes, Valdespino, Voltz.

## 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.