Valentin Surname
Approximately 151,253 people bear this surname
Valentin Surname Definition:
Nick 'a valentine, a sweetheart'.
Hugh le Valentyne, Close Roll, 8 Edward.
(2) Bapt. 'the son of Valentine.' St. Valentine's day is February 14, the season when birds begin to pair. In either case the saint has originated the name.
Read More About This SurnameValentin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puerto Rico | 32,870 | 1:108 | 33 |
| Mexico | 20,962 | 1:5,921 | 733 |
| France | 18,618 | 1:3,568 | 261 |
| United States | 16,783 | 1:21,597 | 2,724 |
| Chad | 14,635 | 1:929 | 161 |
| Philippines | 7,816 | 1:12,953 | 1,351 |
| Peru | 7,517 | 1:4,228 | 693 |
| Germany | 5,451 | 1:14,769 | 1,923 |
| Spain | 4,737 | 1:9,870 | 1,167 |
| Haiti | 4,179 | 1:2,557 | 371 |
| Brazil | 2,294 | 1:93,319 | 3,525 |
| Dominican Republic | 1,764 | 1:5,914 | 589 |
| Honduras | 1,331 | 1:6,624 | 544 |
| Ethiopia | 1,288 | 1:75,735 | 7,282 |
| Denmark | 1,136 | 1:4,969 | 449 |
| Argentina | 1,078 | 1:39,651 | 3,327 |
| Belgium | 981 | 1:11,719 | 1,736 |
| Colombia | 555 | 1:86,079 | 3,362 |
| Tanzania | 488 | 1:108,487 | 10,526 |
| DR Congo | 424 | 1:174,244 | 17,772 |
| Cuba | 415 | 1:27,766 | 1,492 |
| Indonesia | 395 | 1:334,808 | 29,196 |
| Switzerland | 359 | 1:22,877 | 3,615 |
| Austria | 357 | 1:23,853 | 3,742 |
| Romania | 332 | 1:60,476 | 7,315 |
| Hungary | 322 | 1:30,485 | 3,331 |
| Cameroon | 309 | 1:67,214 | 8,484 |
| Uruguay | 307 | 1:11,178 | 1,255 |
| Seychelles | 288 | 1:321 | 58 |
| Canada | 274 | 1:134,473 | 13,927 |
| Sweden | 227 | 1:43,378 | 3,431 |
| South Africa | 208 | 1:260,470 | 26,176 |
| Netherlands | 192 | 1:87,954 | 14,558 |
| Italy | 184 | 1:332,373 | 40,238 |
| England | 146 | 1:381,631 | 26,761 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Croatia | 135 | 1:31,323 | 6,406 |
| Panama | 133 | 1:29,415 | 1,739 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Venezuela | 122 | 1:247,574 | 6,160 |
| Ivory Coast | 117 | 1:197,190 | 8,500 |
| Chile | 115 | 1:153,187 | 5,204 |
| Mauritius | 94 | 1:13,760 | 2,937 |
| Thailand | 79 | 1:894,156 | 140,446 |
| Czechia | 75 | 1:141,780 | 22,190 |
| Russia | 73 | 1:1,974,288 | 123,658 |
| Guatemala | 54 | 1:297,827 | 4,502 |
| Australia | 48 | 1:562,410 | 41,290 |
| French Polynesia | 43 | 1:6,530 | 1,442 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| El Salvador | 35 | 1:181,254 | 2,002 |
| Finland | 33 | 1:166,567 | 14,872 |
| Israel | 31 | 1:276,053 | 24,632 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| Greece | 28 | 1:395,707 | 52,747 |
| Slovakia | 28 | 1:190,588 | 32,093 |
| Senegal | 25 | 1:583,174 | 2,343 |
| Norway | 22 | 1:233,740 | 25,571 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| Ireland | 20 | 1:235,447 | 9,345 |
| Lebanon | 19 | 1:296,689 | 10,035 |
| Costa Rica | 17 | 1:281,181 | 3,072 |
| New Zealand | 17 | 1:266,372 | 23,826 |
| Madagascar | 16 | 1:1,478,115 | 2,908 |
| Malaysia | 16 | 1:1,843,389 | 74,511 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| Scotland | 15 | 1:356,921 | 15,763 |
| Benin | 13 | 1:795,046 | 42,452 |
| Nicaragua | 12 | 1:501,758 | 3,714 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Belarus | 11 | 1:863,733 | 65,346 |
| Moldova | 11 | 1:323,761 | 25,884 |
| Serbia | 11 | 1:649,541 | 22,440 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Rwanda | 9 | 1:1,262,775 | 2,632 |
| Bulgaria | 8 | 1:872,363 | 31,900 |
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 8 | 1:4,291 | 379 |
| Ecuador | 7 | 1:2,272,264 | 23,377 |
| Monaco | 7 | 1:5,295 | 668 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Paraguay | 6 | 1:1,206,124 | 10,500 |
| Slovenia | 6 | 1:414,612 | 18,975 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 1:1,990,885 | 79,765 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Saint Lucia | 2 | 1:89,390 | 2,918 |
| Transnistria | 2 | 1:237,350 | 16,204 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 17 | 1:1,433,845 | 49,523 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 256 | 1:196,167 | 17,139 |
The alternate forms: Valentín (758) & Valentìn (5) are calculated separately.
Valentin (720,575) may also be a first name.
Valentin Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Nick 'a valentine, a sweetheart'.
Hugh le Valentyne, Close Roll, 8 Edward.
(2) Bapt. 'the son of Valentine.' St. Valentine's day is February 14, the season when birds begin to pair. In either case the saint has originated the name.
Valentine Fairwether, Close Roll, 1-2 Philip and Mary.
1578. Matthew Nicholson and Alice Valentine: Marriage Lic. (London).
1803. Married — James Valentin and Ann Halfacer: St. George, Hanover Square.
The Italian Valentini is englished into Valentiny in the London Directory.
This Latin name comes from valens, the participle of valeo, "to be strong, healthy." Valentinian was the name of several Roman emperors. The Valentines of Fettercairn are said to be descended from Valentine of Thornton, who in the reign of Robert I had a charter of the lands of Thorntoun "in lie Kincardin-Mernes" (RMS., I, App. II, 18). They were "till of late numerous and influential in the parish, but so few are now left that ere long the name will become extinct" (Cameron, History of Fettercairn, p. 226). William Valentine had a safe conduct into England in 1424 (Bain, IV, 970), Thomas Vallantyne, feuar of Drumboy, 1561 (Rent. Dunk., p. 341), and John Wallentyne was admitted burgess of Aberdeen in 1593 (NSCM., I, p. 84). Vallentein 1650, Wallentine 1679. In the form Weland Wiland or Wyland, it was a forename among the northern Chisholms.
The baptismal name. This surname is sometimes corrupted in the South to Follington. H.R. Valentyn.
From the Latin Valentinus, a name derived from valens, able, puissant, brave.
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Presumably derived from Saint Valentine. Mostly located in Slovakia: Bratislava, Trnava and Banska Bystrica.
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Valentin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Valentin Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Valentin (Arabic: فلانتين, Georgian: ვალენტინ, Marathi: वालतीन, Oriya: ଭାେଲିନ, Russian: Валентин) is found in Puerto Rico more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Valentín or Valentìn. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Valentin? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,717th most commonly used family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 48,181 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Valentin reside; 26 percent reside in Caribbean and 23 percent reside in Hispano-Caribbean. It is also the 1,334th most frequent first name on earth, borne by 720,575 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Puerto Rico, where it is borne by 32,870 people, or 1 in 108. In Puerto Rico Valentin is primarily concentrated in: San Juan, where 9 percent reside, Bayamón, where 5 percent reside and Ponce, where 5 percent reside. Barring Puerto Rico this surname is found in 137 countries. It is also found in Mexico, where 14 percent reside and France, where 12 percent reside.
Valentin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Valentin has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 6,556 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 859 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 2,000 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 750 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Valentin Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Valentin last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland, Orthodox (74%) in Russia, Latin Catholic (60%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Valentin last name are 5.67% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 58.9% being registered with the party.
The amount Valentin earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 1.84% less than the national average, earning 339,698 kr per year; in Peru they earn 18.38% less than the national average, earning S/. 15,822 per year; in South Africa they earn 32.13% more than the national average, earning R 313,980 per year; in Colombia they earn 3.05% less than the national average, earning $22,010,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 11.42% less than the national average, earning $38,222 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.7% less than the national average, earning $44,866 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Valentin Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Valentin in the Georgian language | ||
| ვალენტინ | valentin | - |
| Valentin in the Marathi language | ||
| वालतीन | valatina | 64.71 |
| वालेतीन | valetina | 11.76 |
| वालेिन्तन | valeintana | 11.76 |
| वालटीन | valatina | 5.88 |
| वोलेनतीन | volenatina | 5.88 |
| Valentin in the Oriya language | ||
| ଭାେଲିନ | bhaelina | 33.33 |
| ଭାେଲନଟିନ | bhaelanatina | 33.33 |
| ଭାେଲଟିନ | bhaelatina | 8.33 |
| ଭାେଲିନ୍ | bhaelin | 8.33 |
| ଭାେଲନଟିନ୍ | bhaelanatin | 8.33 |
| େଭଲିନ | ebhalina | 8.33 |
| Valentin in the Russian language | ||
| Валентин | valentin | - |
| Valentin in the Arabic language | ||
| فلانتين | flantyn | - |
| فالنتين | falntyn | - |
| فالانتين | falantyn | - |
| فالنتان | falntan | - |
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Valentin Reference & Research
Valentine DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
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