Valentín Surname

449,013th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 758 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Puerto Rico
Highest density in:
Puerto Rico

Valentín Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Valentín Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Puerto Rico4921:7,216424
Spain731:640,43929,091
Dominican Republic691:151,2025,897
Slovakia651:82,09915,886
Mexico191:6,532,95832,927
Argentina111:3,885,765145,016
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Uruguay31:1,143,91935,564
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
France11:66,422,722504,397
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230

The alternate forms: Valentin (151,253) & Valentìn (5) are calculated separately.

Valentín (2,056) may also be a first name.

Valentín Last Name Facts

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

Valentín is more commonly found in Puerto Rico than any other country/territory. It may also occur as: Valentin or Valentìn. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Valentín? popularity and diffusion

The surname Valentín is the 449,013th most frequently used surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 9,614,177 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 81 percent of Valentín are found; 74 percent are found in Caribbean and 74 percent are found in Hispano-Caribbean. Valentín is also the 166,310th most frequently occurring first name on earth, held by 2,056 people.

Valentín is most prevalent in Puerto Rico, where it is borne by 492 people, or 1 in 7,216. In Puerto Rico Valentín is most frequent in: Carolina, where 67 percent are found, Bayamón, where 11 percent are found and Salinas, where 4 percent are found. Without taking into account Puerto Rico it exists in 18 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 10 percent are found and The Dominican Republic, where 9 percent are found.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • 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 Valentín
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