# Valencia (surname)

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

A habitational surname from Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 70,000 |
| US rank (2010) | 475 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 4,411 people |
| Change since 2000 | +40% (50,026 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /vəˈlɛnsi.ə/, 4 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Spanish Valencia, from Latin Valentia, from valentia (“power, vigour”). Doublet of Valence.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Valencia 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) | 5.3% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 89% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Valencia in the United States, Argentina and Bolivia.

## People named Valencia

- José Daniel Valencia, Argentine footballer
- Antonio Valencia, Bolivian footballer
- Danny Valencia, American baseball player (born 1984)
- Zahid Valencia, American wrestler (born 1997)

## Similar surnames

Valenzuela, Valenciano, Vaillancourt, Villines.

## 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.