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).
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| 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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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) occurs more in Chad more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as: Valéry. Click here for further potential spellings of Valery.
How Common Is The Last Name Valery? popularity and diffusion
The last name Valery is the 29,185th most numerous family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 396,256 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 66 percent of Valery live; 61 percent live in West Africa and 61 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 4,716th most widely held first name worldwide, held by 221,287 people.
Valery is most widely held in Chad, where it is borne by 11,265 people, or 1 in 1,207. Apart from Chad Valery 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 frequency of Valery has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing 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 surname is principally Orthodox (82%) in Russia.
In The United States those holding the Valery surname are 7.6% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 54.37% being registered with the political 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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