How common is the surname Valero?

4,660 people in the United States had the surname Valero in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,254 Americans. It ranked 7,177th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Valero getting more or less common?

More common. 3,628 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,660 in 2010, up 28%.

Is Valero also a first name?

Yes. Valero 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 Valero

A surname, carried by 4,660 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). Valero is more common than 95.6% of them.

Origin

A surname from italian origin.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,660 people named Valero in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 66,254 Americans. That is up 28% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,628.

#7,177

rank among US surnames

4,660

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+28.4%

change since 2000 (was #8,377)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,171	Arneson	4,665	66,183
#7,173	Celaya	4,664	66,198
#7,174	Rude	4,661	66,240
#7,177	Valero	4,660	66,254
#7,179	Schutt	4,658	66,283
#7,180	Sheriff	4,657	66,297
#7,181	Hazelton	4,656	66,311

Who is named Valero

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

83% of people named Valero identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 11% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 83%
White (not Hispanic) 11%
Asian and Pacific Islander 4.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Two or more races 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Valero

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

Questions

How common is the surname Valero?: 4,660 people in the United States had the surname Valero in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,254 Americans. It ranked 7,177th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Valero?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Valero identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 11% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Valero getting more or less common?: More common. 3,628 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,660 in 2010, up 28%.
Is Valero also a first name?: Yes. Valero 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.