de La Valette Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

de La Valette Surname Definition:

De la Valet: from Lanvalle, opposite Dinan. At the beginning of the reign of Henry II. William de Lanvallee held a barony in Essex.

de La Valette Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France151:4,428,181244,602
England11:55,718,059489,080
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

de La Valette Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

De la Valet: from Lanvalle, opposite Dinan. At the beginning of the reign of Henry II. William de Lanvallee held a barony in Essex.

— Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould
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de La Valette Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de La Valette Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname de La Valette occurs most in France. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of de La Valette.

How Common Is The Last Name de La Valette? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,649,889th most common family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 94 percent of de La Valette reside; 89 percent reside in Western Europe and 83 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

de La Valette is most frequent in France, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 4,428,181. In France it is most common in: Île-de-France, where 100 percent live. Outside of France this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 6 percent live and The Netherlands, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Lavalette96141/
de La Vallette964/
dela Valette961/
Delavalette9217/
de Lavaletta886/
Delavalett871/
de Laviolette852/
de Leavaletta851/
de La Villetti811/
de La Valade801/
de Lavault782/
de Lavillatte771/
Delvalet7664/
de Lavalade7514/
Delavault731,529/
Delvallet73408/
de Lavallade7227/
de Lavillate721/
dela Vallade721/
de La Boulet721/
Delaflotte7042/
Delavalade706/
Delevallet703/
Dellavolte703/
Delaveault702/
Delvalt701/
Delavallade67428/
Delavald67132/
Delvolte674/
Delvalat673/
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de La Valette
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