How common is the surname Vallee?

2,633 people in the United States had the surname Vallee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,260 Americans. It ranked 11,890th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Vallee?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Vallee identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Vallee?

Rudy Vallée, American singer, actor, and entertainer (1901–1986), followed by Jean Vallée.

Where is the surname Vallee most common?

Wikidata records people named Vallee in Belgium and the United States.

Is the surname Vallee getting more or less common?

More common. 2,350 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,633 in 2010, up 12%.

The surname Vallee

A French surname, carried by 2,633 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex V400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vallee is more common than 92.7% of them.

Origin

French origin

A surname from French. (French Vallée)

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,633 people named Vallee in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 117,260 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,350.

#11,890

rank among US surnames

2,633

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+12%

change since 2000 (was #12,157)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,882	Erikson	2,635	117,171
#11,886	Burse	2,634	117,215
#11,890	Defrancisco	2,633	117,260
#11,894	Addy	2,632	117,305
#11,899	Hosmer	2,631	117,349

Who is named Vallee

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

90% of people named Vallee identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.4%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Vallees

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rudy Vallée
American singer, actor, and entertainer (1901–1986)
Jean Vallée
Belgian singer (1941-2014)
Boris Vallée
Belgian cyclist, born 1993

Notable Vallees come mostly from Belgium (2) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Vallee

Vallee has the Soundex code V400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V400.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Vallee come from?: Vallee is French in origin.
How common is the surname Vallee?: 2,633 people in the United States had the surname Vallee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,260 Americans. It ranked 11,890th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vallee?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Vallee identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Vallee?: Rudy Vallée, American singer, actor, and entertainer (1901–1986), followed by Jean Vallée.
Where is the surname Vallee most common?: Wikidata records people named Vallee in Belgium and the United States.
Is the surname Vallee getting more or less common?: More common. 2,350 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,633 in 2010, up 12%.