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    The surname Valencia

    A Spanish place surname, carried by 70,000 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /vəˈlɛnsi.ə/ 4 syllables Soundex V452 Also a first name

    Valencia: #475 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Valencia #475, 70,000 people Valencia: #475 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott Valencia #475, 70,000 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Valencia is more common than 99.7% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

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

    Valencia is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 70,000 people named Valencia in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 4,411 Americans. That is up 40% since 2000, when the Census counted 50,026.

    #475
    rank among US surnames
    70,000
    people in 2010
    24
    per 100,000 Americans
    +39.9%
    change since 2000 (was #616)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #466Cannon71,0854,343
    #467Tate71,0584,345
    #468Mack71,0564,345
    #469Sherman70,5024,379
    #470Hubbard70,3624,388
    #471Hodges70,2234,397
    #472Zhang70,1254,403

    Who is named Valencia

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

    89% of people named Valencia identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.3% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 89%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • Two or more races 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Valencias

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • José Daniel Valencia
      Argentine footballer, born 1955
    • Antonio Valencia
      Bolivian footballer, born 1925
    • Danny Valencia
      American baseball player (born 1984)
    • Zahid Valencia
      American wrestler (born 1997)

    Notable Valencias come mostly from the United States (2), Argentina (1) and Bolivia (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Valencia

    Valencia has the Soundex code V452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V452.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Valencia come from?
    From Spanish Valencia, from Latin Valentia, from valentia (“power, vigour”). Doublet of Valence.
    How common is the surname Valencia?
    70,000 people in the United States had the surname Valencia in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,411 Americans. It ranked 475th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Valencia?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Valencia identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.3% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Valencia?
    José Daniel Valencia, Argentine footballer, followed by Antonio Valencia.
    Where is the surname Valencia most common?
    Wikidata records people named Valencia in the United States, Argentina and Bolivia.
    How do you pronounce Valencia?
    Valencia is /vəˈlɛnsi.ə/, 4 syllables.
    What type of surname is Valencia?
    Valencia is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Valencia getting more or less common?
    More common. 50,026 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 70,000 in 2010, up 40%.
    Is Valencia also a first name?
    Yes. Valencia is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.