# Valley (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/valley/  
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 landforms.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,497 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,402 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 68,656 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.1% (4,360 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈvæli/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Valley 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) | 81% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 5.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Valley in the United States.

## People named Valley

- Mark Valley, American actor

## Similar surnames

Valle, Vale, Vallee, Veale, Vallo, Valla, Villa, Vela, Vail, Veal, Viola, Vella.

## 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.