How common is the surname Valera?

3,944 people in the United States had the surname Valera in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,282 Americans. It ranked 8,392nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Valera getting more or less common?

More common. 2,893 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,944 in 2010, up 36%.

Is Valera also a first name?

Yes. Valera is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Valera

A Spanish surname, carried by 3,944 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex V460

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Valera is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

A surname from Spanish.

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 3,944 people named Valera in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 78,282 Americans. That is up 36% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,893.

#8,392

rank among US surnames

3,944

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+36.3%

change since 2000 (was #10,226)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,386	Salamanca	3,947	78,223
#8,388	Board	3,946	78,243
#8,389	Pohlman	3,945	78,262
#8,392	Valera	3,944	78,282
#8,394	Halley	3,943	78,302

Who is named Valera

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

68% of people named Valera identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 20% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 10.0% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 68%
Asian and Pacific Islander 20%
White (not Hispanic) 10.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Valera

Valera has the Soundex code V460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V460.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Valera come from?: Valera is Spanish in origin.
How common is the surname Valera?: 3,944 people in the United States had the surname Valera in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,282 Americans. It ranked 8,392nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Valera?: In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Valera identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 20% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Valera getting more or less common?: More common. 2,893 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,944 in 2010, up 36%.
Is Valera also a first name?: Yes. Valera is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.