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    The surname Valdivia

    A surname, carried by 15,895 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex V431

    Valdivia: #2,293 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Valdivia #2,293, 15,895 people Valdivia: #2,293 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Valdivia #2,293, 15,895 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Valdivia is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 15,895 people named Valdivia in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 19,424 Americans. That is up 38% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,484.

    #2,293
    rank among US surnames
    15,895
    people in 2010
    5.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +38.4%
    change since 2000 (was #2,871)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,284Sorenson15,96219,343
    #2,285Rowell15,95219,355
    #2,286Coats15,94319,366
    #2,287Yoon15,93619,374
    #2,288Mast15,93219,379
    #2,289Espinal15,92419,389
    #2,290Ibrahim15,91519,400

    Who is named Valdivia

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

    94% of people named Valdivia identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.9% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • Two or more races 0.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 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 Valdivia

    Valdivia has the Soundex code V431, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V431.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Valdivia?
    15,895 people in the United States had the surname Valdivia in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,424 Americans. It ranked 2,293rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Valdivia?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Valdivia identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.9% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Valdivia getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,484 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,895 in 2010, up 38%.