Valdovinos Surname

18,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30,054 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Mexico

Valdovinos Surname Definition:

"Val" is apocope of "Valle” - valley - prefixed to Dovinos, diminutive plural, and the Spanish suffix "-inos" - to Dovio, a Gothic name of the fifth century. Coming from "dove" - pigeon, dove - so that the denotation of this Spanish surname is - "valley (perhaps a war field) overflowing with small doves.

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Valdovinos Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico22,0641:5,626704
United States5,4121:66,9737,801
Paraguay1,0851:6,670469
Chile8371:21,0471,328
Argentina3731:114,5949,663
Spain1801:259,73416,413
France441:1,509,607143,950
Germany151:5,367,031196,901
Brazil141:15,291,024280,658
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Cuba41:2,880,67910,064
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
England11:55,718,059489,080
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Valdovinos (47) may also be a first name.

Valdovinos Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

"Val" is apocope of "Valle” - valley - prefixed to Dovinos, diminutive plural, and the Spanish suffix "-inos" - to Dovio, a Gothic name of the fifth century. Coming from "dove" - pigeon, dove - so that the denotation of this Spanish surname is - "valley (perhaps a war field) overflowing with small doves."

Spanish Surnames In The Southwestern United States (1978) by Richard Donovon Woods

User-submitted Reference

Valdovinos is a contraction of 'valley of wines' and comes from Spain, so in Spanish it is: 'valle de vinos/valdovinos'. Sometimes people write it as Baldovinos, but Baldovinos can mean 'friendly' in German.

- miguelrv

Valdovinos Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Valdovinos Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Valdovinos is found in Mexico more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Valdovinos? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 18,350th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 242,482 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Valdovinos live; 91 percent live in North America and 73 percent live in Hispano-North America. Valdovinos is also the 1,467,136th most frequent first name in the world It is held by 47 people.

This last name is most widespread in Mexico, where it is borne by 22,064 people, or 1 in 5,626. In Mexico Valdovinos is most common in: Michoacán, where 32 percent are found, Guerrero, where 17 percent are found and Jalisco, where 16 percent are found. Outside of Mexico Valdovinos occurs in 23 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 18 percent are found and Paraguay, where 4 percent are found.

Valdovinos Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Valdovinos surname are 42.15% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 95.38% registered with the party.

The amount Valdovinos earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 14.26% less than the national average, earning $36,998 USD per year and in Canada they earn 27.55% less than the national average, earning $35,993 CAD per year.

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