How common is the surname Valladares?

11,901 people in the United States had the surname Valladares in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,943 Americans. It ranked 3,012th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Valladares?

Armando Valladares, American diplomat and former Cuban prisoner, followed by Leda Valladares.

Where is the surname Valladares most common?

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

Is the surname Valladares getting more or less common?

More common. 7,516 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,901 in 2010, up 58%.

The surname Valladares

A Spanish surname, carried by 11,901 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex V436

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Valladares is more common than 98.1% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Valladares.

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 11,901 people named Valladares in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 25,943 Americans. That is up 58% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,516.

#3,012

rank among US surnames

11,901

people in 2010

4.0

per 100,000 Americans

+58.3%

change since 2000 (was #4,369)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,003	Gilman	11,946	25,845
#3,004	Cecil	11,941	25,856
#3,005	France	11,937	25,865
#3,007	Greenfield	11,922	25,897
#3,008	Mize	11,908	25,928
#3,010	Cotter	11,904	25,936
#3,011	New	11,903	25,938

Who is named Valladares

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

94% of people named Valladares identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.3% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
White (not Hispanic) 4.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Two or more races 0.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Valladaress

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Armando Valladares
American diplomat and former Cuban prisoner, born 1937
Leda Valladares
Argentinian composer (1919-2012)

Notable Valladaress come mostly from the United States (1) and Argentina (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Valladares

Valladares has the Soundex code V436, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V436.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Valladares come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Valladares.
How common is the surname Valladares?: 11,901 people in the United States had the surname Valladares in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,943 Americans. It ranked 3,012th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Valladares?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Valladares identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.3% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Valladares?: Armando Valladares, American diplomat and former Cuban prisoner, followed by Leda Valladares.
Where is the surname Valladares most common?: Wikidata records people named Valladares in the United States and Argentina.
Is the surname Valladares getting more or less common?: More common. 7,516 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,901 in 2010, up 58%.