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    The surname Valiente

    A surname, carried by 2,530 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex V453

    Valiente: #12,289 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Valiente #12,289, 2,530 people Valiente: #12,289 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Valiente #12,289, 2,530 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Valiente is more common than 92.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,530 people named Valiente in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,034 Americans. That is up 38% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,834.

    #12,289
    rank among US surnames
    2,530
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +37.9%
    change since 2000 (was #14,831)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,285Dolezal2,531121,986
    #12,289Valiente2,530122,034
    #12,292Spillers2,529122,082
    #12,296Scheidt2,528122,130

    Who is named Valiente

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

    80% of people named Valiente identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 11% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 7.6% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 80%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 11%
    • White (not Hispanic) 7.6%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Valiente

    Valiente has the Soundex code V453, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V453.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Valiente?
    2,530 people in the United States had the surname Valiente in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,034 Americans. It ranked 12,289th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Valiente?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Valiente identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 11% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Valiente getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,834 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,530 in 2010, up 38%.