# Valente (surname)

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

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,580 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,683 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 40,732 people |
| Change since 2000 | +14% (6,657 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Valente 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) | 76% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 20% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Valente in the United States and Brazil.

## People named Valente

- Catherynne M. Valente, American writer (born 1979)
- Jennifer Valente, American cyclist
- Ramiro Rodrigues Valente, Brazilian footballer
- Benita Valente, American singer
- Nicole Scherzinger, American singer and actress (born 1978)

## Similar surnames

Valenti, Valiente, Valenta, Violante, Valentine, Valentin, Valentino, Valentini.

## 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.