How common is the surname Valenti?

8,174 people in the United States had the surname Valenti in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,772 Americans. It ranked 4,341st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Valenti?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Valenti identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Valenti?

Jack Valenti, American political advisor and lobbyist who served as a Special Assistant to U.S. Presiden.

Where is the surname Valenti most common?

Wikidata records people named Valenti in the United States.

Is the surname Valenti getting more or less common?

More common. 7,840 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,174 in 2010, up 4.3%.

The surname Valenti

An Italian surname, carried by 8,174 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex V453

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Valenti is more common than 97.3% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Valenti.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,174 people named Valenti in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 37,772 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,840.

#4,341

rank among US surnames

8,174

people in 2010

2.8

per 100,000 Americans

+4.3%

change since 2000 (was #4,192)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,333	Redmon	8,197	37,666
#4,334	Sides	8,194	37,679
#4,335	Leiva	8,193	37,684
#4,336	Wegner	8,192	37,689
#4,337	Guyton	8,191	37,693
#4,338	Atchison	8,185	37,721
#4,339	McCaffrey	8,181	37,739

Who is named Valenti

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

92% of people named Valenti identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.0%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Valentis

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jack Valenti
American political advisor and lobbyist who served as a Special Assistant to U.S. Presiden, 1921–2007

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Valenti

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

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Valenti come from?: Borrowed from Italian Valenti.
How common is the surname Valenti?: 8,174 people in the United States had the surname Valenti in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,772 Americans. It ranked 4,341st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Valenti?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Valenti identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Valenti?: Jack Valenti, American political advisor and lobbyist who served as a Special Assistant to U.S. Presiden.
Where is the surname Valenti most common?: Wikidata records people named Valenti in the United States.
Is the surname Valenti getting more or less common?: More common. 7,840 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,174 in 2010, up 4.3%.