How common is the surname Valenzuela?

57,383 people in the United States had the surname Valenzuela in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,380 Americans. It ranked 584th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Valenzuela?

Luisa Valenzuela, Argentine writer, followed by Milton Valenzuela.

Where is the surname Valenzuela most common?

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

How do you pronounce Valenzuela?

Valenzuela is /vɑlɛnˈzweɪlɑ/, 4 syllables.

Is the surname Valenzuela getting more or less common?

More common. 43,770 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 57,383 in 2010, up 31%.

The surname Valenzuela

A Spanish surname, carried by 57,383 people in the United States.

Pronounced /vɑlɛnˈzweɪlɑ/ 4 syllables Soundex V452

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Valenzuela is more common than 99.6% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

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.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 57,383 people named Valenzuela in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 5,380 Americans. That is up 31% since 2000, when the Census counted 43,770.

#584

rank among US surnames

57,383

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+31.1%

change since 2000 (was #711)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#575	Nicholson	58,151	5,309
#576	Holloway	58,040	5,320
#577	Lozano	57,779	5,344
#578	Rangel	57,549	5,365
#580	Hoover	57,497	5,370
#581	Arias	57,477	5,372
#583	Mora	57,464	5,373

Who is named Valenzuela

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

90% of people named Valenzuela identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.0% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 90%
White (not Hispanic) 5.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.7%
Two or more races 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Valenzuelas

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Luisa Valenzuela
Argentine writer, born 1938
Milton Valenzuela
Argentine footballer, born 1998
Carlos Fernando Valenzuela
Argentinian association football player, born 1997
Ritchie Valens
American musician (1941–1959)
Cristina Vee
American voice actress, born 1987

Notable Valenzuelas come mostly from Argentina (3) and the United States (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Valenzuela

Valenzuela has the Soundex code V452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V452.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Valenzuela come from?: 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.
How common is the surname Valenzuela?: 57,383 people in the United States had the surname Valenzuela in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,380 Americans. It ranked 584th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Valenzuela?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Valenzuela identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.0% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Valenzuela?: Luisa Valenzuela, Argentine writer, followed by Milton Valenzuela.
Where is the surname Valenzuela most common?: Wikidata records people named Valenzuela in Argentina and the United States.
How do you pronounce Valenzuela?: Valenzuela is /vɑlɛnˈzweɪlɑ/, 4 syllables.
Is the surname Valenzuela getting more or less common?: More common. 43,770 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 57,383 in 2010, up 31%.