Valdés Surname
Approximately 2,742 people bear this surname
Valdés Surname Definition:
One who came from Valdés (tableland), in Spain; the son of Baldo, a shortened form of Baldomero (prince, fame).
The patronymic "-ez" means "son of Baldo," a shortened form of Baltasar, one of the three magi.
Asturian name. One branch in Seville.
Read More About This SurnameValdés Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Panama | 829 | 1:4,719 | 548 |
| Mexico | 813 | 1:152,677 | 4,681 |
| Spain | 368 | 1:127,044 | 9,756 |
| Chile | 244 | 1:72,199 | 2,952 |
| Cuba | 137 | 1:84,107 | 2,751 |
| Guatemala | 64 | 1:251,292 | 4,191 |
| United States | 61 | 1:5,941,950 | 288,805 |
| Argentina | 44 | 1:971,441 | 61,182 |
| Colombia | 16 | 1:2,985,880 | 14,490 |
| Venezuela | 13 | 1:2,323,391 | 26,733 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| Uruguay | 13 | 1:263,981 | 18,914 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Puerto Rico | 8 | 1:443,767 | 3,219 |
| Bolivia | 7 | 1:1,516,633 | 6,309 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Costa Rica | 5 | 1:956,014 | 6,058 |
| Ecuador | 5 | 1:3,181,169 | 27,617 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Paraguay | 4 | 1:1,809,186 | 12,346 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Peru | 4 | 1:7,946,031 | 41,846 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Honduras | 4 | 1:2,204,110 | 6,397 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Nicaragua | 2 | 1:3,010,545 | 7,383 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
The alternate forms: Valdes (277,351), Valdès (42), Valdês (3), Váldés (2) & Váldes (9) are calculated separately.
Valdés Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
One who came from Valdés (tableland), in Spain; the son of Baldo, a shortened form of Baldomero (prince, fame).
The patronymic "-ez" means "son of Baldo," a shortened form of Baltasar, one of the three magi.
Asturian name. One branch in Seville.
See Valadez.
Valdés Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Valdés Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Valdés is more frequently found in Panama than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant: Valdes, Valdès, Valdês, Váldés or Váldes. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Valdés? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 159,173rd most prevalent surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 2,657,748 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 84 percent of Valdés live; 33 percent live in Central America and 33 percent live in Hispano-Central America.
The last name Valdés is most frequent in Panama, where it is carried by 829 people, or 1 in 4,719. In Panama it is mostly concentrated in: Chiriquí Province, where 64 percent reside, Panamá Province, where 14 percent reside and Coclé Province, where 6 percent reside. Barring Panama this surname exists in 49 countries. It is also common in Mexico, where 30 percent reside and Spain, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Valdés
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis