The surname Valtierra
A Spanish surname, carried by 3,576 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex V436
Origin
Spanish origin
Borrowed from Spanish Valtierra, Castilianized form of Basque Bazterra. This surname is mostly found in Mexico.
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 3,576 people named Valtierra in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 86,338 Americans. That is up 46% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,454.
Who is named Valtierra
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Valtierra identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.0% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
- White (not Hispanic) 5.0%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Valtierra
Valtierra has the Soundex code V436, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V436.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Valtierra come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish Valtierra, Castilianized form of Basque Bazterra. This surname is mostly found in Mexico.
- How common is the surname Valtierra?
- 3,576 people in the United States had the surname Valtierra in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,338 Americans. It ranked 9,132nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Valtierra?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Valtierra identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.0% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Valtierra getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,454 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,576 in 2010, up 46%.