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    The surname Valenta

    A surname, carried by 1,780 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex V453

    Valenta: #16,219 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Valenta #16,219, 1,780 people Valenta: #16,219 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Valenta #16,219, 1,780 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Valenta is more common than 90% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,780 people named Valenta in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 173,453 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,702.

    #16,219
    rank among US surnames
    1,780
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.6%
    change since 2000 (was #15,745)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,214Loria1,781173,355
    #16,219Stennett1,780173,453
    #16,228Thiede1,779173,550

    Who is named Valenta

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

    94% of people named Valenta identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Valentas

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Matěj Valenta
      Association football player (2000-)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Valenta

    Valenta has the Soundex code V453, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V453.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Valenta?
    1,780 people in the United States had the surname Valenta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 173,453 Americans. It ranked 16,219th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Valenta?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Valenta identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Valenta?
    Matěj Valenta, association football player (2000-).
    Where is the surname Valenta most common?
    Wikidata records people named Valenta in the Czech Republic.
    Is the surname Valenta getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,702 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,780 in 2010, up 4.6%.