# Valenzuela (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/valenzuela/  
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 Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 57,383 |
| US rank (2010) | 584 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 5,380 people |
| Change since 2000 | +31% (43,770 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /vɑlɛnˈzweɪlɑ/, 4 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Spanish Valenzuela. As a surname, originated in Castile and León in Spain. The city in the Philippines is named after Filipino revolutionary Pio Valenzuela.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Valenzuela 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) | 5.0% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 90% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.7% |
| Two or more races | 0.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Valenzuela in Argentina and the United States.

## People named Valenzuela

- Luisa Valenzuela, Argentine writer
- Milton Valenzuela, Argentine footballer
- Carlos Fernando Valenzuela, Argentinian association football player
- Ritchie Valens, American musician (1941–1959)
- Cristina Vee, American voice actress

## Similar surnames

Valencia, Valenciano, Vaillancourt, Villines.

## 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.