# Valentino (surname)

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

A surname from Italian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,474 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,376 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 47,690 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.4% (6,083 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˌvælənˈtiːnoʊ/, 4 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Italian Valentino, from Latin Valentīnus (“Valentine”), a patronymic from Valēns (Roman cognomen), itself nominalized from vālens (“strong, healthy”) + -īnus (“-ine”). As a noun, named after Italian-American actor Rudolph Valentino (1895–1926). Doublet of Valentine, Valentinus, Valentina, and Valentini.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Valentino 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) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 8.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Valentino in the United States.

## People named Valentino

- Tru Valentino, American actor (born 1989)

## Similar surnames

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

## 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.