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    The surname Vale

    A surname, carried by 3,334 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex V400

    Vale: #9,728 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Vale #9,728, 3,334 people Vale: #9,728 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Vale #9,728, 3,334 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vale is more common than 94% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,334 people named Vale in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 92,605 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,153.

    #9,728
    rank among US surnames
    3,334
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.7%
    change since 2000 (was #9,462)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,720Mandell3,33792,522
    #9,722Mower3,33692,550
    #9,727Nevels3,33592,577
    #9,728Vale3,33492,605
    #9,730Suttle3,33392,633
    #9,733Frakes3,33292,661
    #9,734Strode3,33192,689

    Who is named Vale

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

    59% of people named Vale identified as white (not Hispanic), 33% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 59%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 33%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.1%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Vales

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Natália do Vale
      Brazilian actress, born 1951
    • Ronald Vale
      American biochemist, born 1959
    • Virginia Vale
      American actress (1920-2006)

    Notable Vales come mostly from the United States (2) and Brazil (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Vale

    Vale has the Soundex code V400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V400.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Vale?
    3,334 people in the United States had the surname Vale in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,605 Americans. It ranked 9,728th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Vale?
    In the 2010 Census, 59% of people named Vale identified as white (not Hispanic), and 33% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Vale?
    Natália do Vale, Brazilian actress, followed by Ronald Vale.
    Where is the surname Vale most common?
    Wikidata records people named Vale in the United States and Brazil.
    Is the surname Vale getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,153 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,334 in 2010, up 5.7%.