How common is the surname Valley?

4,497 people in the United States had the surname Valley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,656 Americans. It ranked 7,402nd of 162,253 surnames.

Where is the surname Valley most common?

Wikidata records people named Valley in the United States.

How do you pronounce Valley?

Valley is /ˈvæli/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Valley getting more or less common?

More common. 4,360 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,497 in 2010, up 3.1%.

The surname Valley

A surname, carried by 4,497 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈvæli/ 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). Valley is more common than 95.4% of them.

Origin

A surname from landforms.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,497 people named Valley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 68,656 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,360.

#7,402

rank among US surnames

4,497

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+3.1%

change since 2000 (was #7,077)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,395	Hou	4,500	68,610
#7,397	Wulf	4,499	68,625
#7,399	Bosco	4,498	68,641
#7,402	Valley	4,497	68,656
#7,404	Edmiston	4,495	68,686

Who is named Valley

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

81% of people named Valley identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.2%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Valleys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mark Valley
American actor, born 1964

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Valley

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

Questions

How common is the surname Valley?: 4,497 people in the United States had the surname Valley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,656 Americans. It ranked 7,402nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Valley?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Valley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Valley?: Mark Valley, American actor.
Where is the surname Valley most common?: Wikidata records people named Valley in the United States.
How do you pronounce Valley?: Valley is /ˈvæli/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Valley getting more or less common?: More common. 4,360 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,497 in 2010, up 3.1%.