Duval Surname
Approximately 87,424 people bear this surname
Duval Surname Definition:
(French) Of the Valley [Latin vall-is, a vale]
Duval Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 51,942 | 1:1,279 | 59 |
| United States | 11,757 | 1:30,829 | 3,835 |
| Canada | 9,636 | 1:3,824 | 505 |
| Haiti | 3,753 | 1:2,847 | 402 |
| Dominican Republic | 1,333 | 1:7,827 | 700 |
| Spain | 999 | 1:46,799 | 4,418 |
| Belgium | 988 | 1:11,636 | 1,715 |
| Mauritius | 938 | 1:1,379 | 174 |
| England | 760 | 1:73,313 | 8,360 |
| Australia | 556 | 1:48,553 | 6,055 |
| Morocco | 477 | 1:72,277 | 12,260 |
| Argentina | 360 | 1:118,732 | 10,038 |
| Mexico | 311 | 1:399,120 | 7,923 |
| Brazil | 295 | 1:725,676 | 26,554 |
| South Africa | 282 | 1:192,120 | 20,823 |
| Jamaica | 264 | 1:10,871 | 1,146 |
| Ecuador | 195 | 1:81,568 | 5,722 |
| New Caledonia | 177 | 1:1,561 | 92 |
| Indonesia | 167 | 1:791,911 | 60,260 |
| French Polynesia | 166 | 1:1,692 | 316 |
| New Zealand | 141 | 1:32,116 | 5,589 |
| Germany | 139 | 1:579,176 | 47,094 |
| Switzerland | 137 | 1:59,948 | 7,487 |
| Venezuela | 123 | 1:245,562 | 6,135 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Chile | 109 | 1:161,619 | 5,406 |
| Peru | 85 | 1:373,931 | 12,435 |
| Portugal | 85 | 1:122,568 | 5,627 |
| Thailand | 83 | 1:851,064 | 135,450 |
| Seychelles | 76 | 1:1,216 | 285 |
| Turkey | 64 | 1:1,215,960 | 51,402 |
| Luxembourg | 63 | 1:9,215 | 1,495 |
| Netherlands | 63 | 1:268,050 | 33,531 |
| Italy | 59 | 1:1,036,554 | 70,719 |
| Angola | 49 | 1:550,800 | 2,323 |
| India | 39 | 1:19,668,343 | 291,059 |
| Philippines | 38 | 1:2,664,164 | 134,326 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 37 | 1:36,864 | 3,590 |
| Uruguay | 35 | 1:98,050 | 9,677 |
| Saint Lucia | 30 | 1:5,959 | 771 |
| Poland | 25 | 1:1,520,350 | 87,293 |
| Russia | 25 | 1:5,764,922 | 242,644 |
| Wales | 25 | 1:123,781 | 9,267 |
| Ireland | 22 | 1:214,043 | 8,362 |
| Costa Rica | 22 | 1:217,276 | 2,674 |
| China | 21 | 1:65,110,551 | 3,537 |
| Sweden | 21 | 1:468,893 | 33,666 |
| Denmark | 19 | 1:297,090 | 21,940 |
| Qatar | 19 | 1:124,105 | 14,725 |
| Israel | 17 | 1:503,390 | 37,521 |
| Madagascar | 16 | 1:1,478,115 | 2,908 |
| Greece | 15 | 1:738,653 | 80,079 |
| Austria | 13 | 1:655,033 | 58,041 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 13 | 1:8,490 | 1,249 |
| Scotland | 12 | 1:446,151 | 18,166 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Panama | 10 | 1:391,226 | 8,067 |
| Bolivia | 9 | 1:1,179,604 | 5,290 |
| Cayman Islands | 9 | 1:7,099 | 820 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| Mali | 9 | 1:1,885,448 | 1,868 |
| Monaco | 9 | 1:4,118 | 434 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Nicaragua | 5 | 1:1,204,218 | 5,298 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Cuba | 4 | 1:2,880,679 | 10,064 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Puerto Rico | 4 | 1:887,535 | 4,548 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Congo | 3 | 1:1,663,032 | 27,638 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Grenada | 3 | 1:36,178 | 1,426 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Romania | 3 | 1:6,692,623 | 78,504 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1:1,728,021 | 323 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 7 | 1:632,838 | 19,259 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 193 | 1:126,297 | 11,831 |
| Jersey | 35 | 1:1,482 | 235 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:748,643 | 18,576 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:784,208 | 16,349 |
| Guernsey | 2 | 1:16,328 | 1,834 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,082 | 1:24,120 | 2,996 |
The alternate forms: Düval (7) are calculated separately.
Duval (5,940) may also be a first name.
Duval Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(French) Of the Valley [Latin vall-is, a vale]
(French) Dweller in the valley.
Duval Demographics
Duval Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Duval Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Duval Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Duval (Hindi: दुवल, Marathi: दुवाल, Russian: Дувал) occurs more in France more than any other country or territory. It can occur as: Düval. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Duval? popularity and diffusion
The surname Duval is the 6,459th most commonly held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 83,359 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 63 percent of Duval are found; 60 percent are found in Western Europe and 60 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 86,220th most frequent first name internationally, held by 5,940 people.
The surname Duval is most widespread in France, where it is borne by 51,942 people, or 1 in 1,279. In France it is most common in: Normandy, where 25 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 18 percent are found and Hauts-de-France, where 11 percent are found. Apart from France Duval exists in 115 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent are found and Canada, where 11 percent are found.
Duval Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Duval has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Duval last name increased 565 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 394 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 1,250 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 314 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 240 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Duval Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Duval last name is predominantly Catholic (57%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Duval last name are 1.88% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 51.35% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Duval earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 102.2% more than the national average, earning €60,721 per year; in Norway they earn 37.06% less than the national average, earning 217,828 kr per year; in Peru they earn 42.84% less than the national average, earning S/. 11,081 per year; in South Africa they earn 92.78% more than the national average, earning R 458,124 per year; in Colombia they earn 2.97% less than the national average, earning $22,028,700 COP per year; in United States they earn 4.94% more than the national average, earning $45,280 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.08% less than the national average, earning $42,193 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Duval Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Duval in the Hindi language | ||
| दुवल | duvala | 60 |
| दूवल | duvala | 20 |
| डूवाल | duvala | 20 |
| Duval in the Marathi language | ||
| दुवाल | duvala | 52.94 |
| दुवल | duvala | 23.53 |
| दुवाळ | duvala | 11.76 |
| डुवळ | duvala | 11.76 |
| Duval in the Russian language | ||
| Дувал | duval | - |
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Duval Reference & Research
Duvall DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Duvall FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
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