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    The surname Vales

    A surname, carried by 1,802 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex V420

    Vales: #16,071 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Vales #16,071, 1,802 people Vales: #16,071 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Vales #16,071, 1,802 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vales is more common than 90.1% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,802 people named Vales in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 171,335 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,526.

    #16,071
    rank among US surnames
    1,802
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +18.1%
    change since 2000 (was #17,141)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,064Ochsner1,803171,240
    #16,071Vales1,802171,335
    #16,079Wynkoop1,801171,430

    Who is named Vales

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

    39% of people named Vales identified as white (not Hispanic), 28% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 39%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 28%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 22%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 8.6%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Valess

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Marc Vales
      Andorran footballer, born 1990

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Vales

    Vales has the Soundex code V420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V420.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Vales?
    1,802 people in the United States had the surname Vales in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 171,335 Americans. It ranked 16,071st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Vales?
    In the 2010 Census, 39% of people named Vales identified as white (not Hispanic), and 28% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Vales?
    Marc Vales, Andorran footballer.
    Where is the surname Vales most common?
    Wikidata records people named Vales in Andorra.
    Is the surname Vales getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,526 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,802 in 2010, up 18%.