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The surname Valenciano

A Spanish surname, carried by 1,473 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex V452

Valenciano: #18,671 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Valenciano #18,671, 1,473 people Valenciano: #18,671 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Valenciano #18,671, 1,473 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Valenciano is more common than 88.5% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

From Spanish, from valenciano, originally an ethnonymic name for a native of Valencia.

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 1,473 people named Valenciano in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 209,603 Americans. That is up 52% since 2000, when the Census counted 969.

#18,671
rank among US surnames
1,473
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+52%
change since 2000 (was #24,243)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#18,671Hamaker1,473209,603
#18,676Purpura1,472209,746

Who is named Valenciano

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

85% of people named Valenciano identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 9.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 3.9% as white (not Hispanic).

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 85%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 9.3%
  • White (not Hispanic) 3.9%
  • Two or more races 1.4%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Valenciano

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

Other Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Valenciano come from?
From Spanish, from valenciano, originally an ethnonymic name for a native of Valencia.
How common is the surname Valenciano?
1,473 people in the United States had the surname Valenciano in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 209,603 Americans. It ranked 18,671st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Valenciano?
In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Valenciano identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 9.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Valenciano getting more or less common?
More common. 969 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,473 in 2010, up 52%.