# Vallejo (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/vallejo/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 19,117 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,881 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 16,150 people |
| Change since 2000 | +32% (14,484 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /vəˈleɪ.əʊ/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Vallejo.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Vallejo in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 6.1% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 91% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Vallejo in Australia.

## People named Vallejo

- Melanie Vallejo, Australian actress

## Similar surnames

Valles, Vales, Valko, Velez, Velasco, Volk, Veliz, Voyles, Veloz, Volz, Velazco, Veilleux.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.