Valery Surname
Approximately 18,391 people bear this surname
Valery Surname Definition:
For St. Valery, a baronial name, from St. Valery, Normandy. Gilbert, Advocate or Protector of St. Valery, c. 990, m. a dau. of Richard Duke of Normandy, by whom he had Bernard, father of Walter de St. Valery, and Richard de Hugleville (who supported Duke William against the rebellion of William of Arques, 1053).
Read More About This SurnameValery Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 11,265 | 1:1,207 | 219 |
| France | 2,294 | 1:28,955 | 3,537 |
| Iran | 1,406 | 1:54,611 | 6,001 |
| Haiti | 967 | 1:11,049 | 1,139 |
| Venezuela | 587 | 1:51,455 | 2,531 |
| United States | 491 | 1:738,206 | 57,824 |
| Tanzania | 446 | 1:118,703 | 11,347 |
| Cameroon | 152 | 1:136,639 | 15,295 |
| DR Congo | 103 | 1:717,277 | 51,618 |
| Brazil | 87 | 1:2,460,625 | 75,139 |
| Canada | 63 | 1:584,851 | 48,473 |
| Indonesia | 63 | 1:2,099,194 | 130,130 |
| Dominican Republic | 62 | 1:168,273 | 6,481 |
| Russia | 47 | 1:3,066,448 | 164,949 |
| Mauritius | 44 | 1:29,396 | 5,731 |
| Italy | 29 | 1:2,108,851 | 90,314 |
| Australia | 29 | 1:930,886 | 55,860 |
| Belarus | 22 | 1:431,866 | 42,756 |
| Nicaragua | 21 | 1:286,719 | 2,940 |
| Ivory Coast | 20 | 1:1,153,562 | 26,783 |
| Argentina | 20 | 1:2,137,171 | 104,027 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Denmark | 16 | 1:352,795 | 24,706 |
| Ukraine | 15 | 1:3,034,846 | 176,305 |
| Kenya | 13 | 1:3,552,300 | 39,474 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Mexico | 7 | 1:17,732,315 | 50,495 |
| Saint Lucia | 5 | 1:35,756 | 1,958 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Honduras | 2 | 1:4,408,221 | 7,709 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 83 | 1:605,044 | 40,538 |
The alternate forms: Valéry (54) are calculated separately.
Valery (221,287) may also be a first name.
Valery Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
For St. Valery, a baronial name, from St. Valery, Normandy. Gilbert, Advocate or Protector of St. Valery, c. 990, m. a dau. of Richard Duke of Normandy, by whom he had Bernard, father of Walter de St. Valery, and Richard de Hugleville (who supported Duke William against the rebellion of William of Arques, 1053). Walter de St. Valery had extensive grants in England t. William I. The family remained in Berks and Hants 13th cent. (Parliamentary Writs).
User-submitted Reference
From the Latin, valerii. The Gens Valeria was a patrician family in Rome which later included a number of plebeian branches. The Valeria gens was one of the most ancient and most celebrated of Rome. The nomen, Valerius, is a patronymic surname derived from the praenomen, Volesus, itself derived from valere, 'to be strong'.
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Average Valery Salary in
United States
$43,381 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Valery Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Valery Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Valery (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﻠﺮﻱ, Marathi: हलेरी) is more commonly found in Chad than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Valéry. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Valery? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 29,185th most widely held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 396,256 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 66 percent of Valery live; 61 percent live in West Africa and 61 percent live in Chadic Africa. Valery is also the 4,716th most common forename internationally, borne by 221,287 people.
The last name Valery is most frequent in Chad, where it is held by 11,265 people, or 1 in 1,207. Aside from Chad this last name exists in 76 countries. It is also found in France, where 12 percent are found and Iran, where 8 percent are found.
Valery Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Valery has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Valery surname increased 592 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 567 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Valery Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Orthodox (82%) in Russia.
In The United States Valery are 7.6% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 54.37% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Valery earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 0.54% more than the national average, earning $43,381 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.78% less than the national average, earning $48,300 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Valery Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Valery in the Marathi language | ||
| हलेरी | haleri | - |
| Valery in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﻠﺮﻱ | flry | 50 |
| ﻓﺎﻟﺮﻱ | falry | 50 |
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