Valladares Surname

4,763rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 118,424 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Honduras
Highest density in:
Honduras

Valladares Surname Definition:

Name of villages near Tury [Turre] and Compostela. Equivalent to surname Balladares. Etymology unknown.

Galician name from Pontevedra.

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Valladares Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Honduras27,6061:31972
Mexico17,4661:7,107821
El Salvador11,1551:569113
Peru10,3841:3,061505
United States8,4761:42,7635,244
Venezuela8,0601:3,747531
Chile7,7151:2,283403
Cuba6,0641:1,900287
Spain4,7931:9,7541,153
Guatemala4,4111:3,646543
Ecuador4,0671:3,911661
Nicaragua2,1381:2,816403
Costa Rica1,5771:3,031322
Brazil1,5471:138,3805,293
Argentina1,1291:37,8603,163
Philippines2331:434,49954,012
Canada2301:160,19816,186
Colombia1651:289,5405,686
India1471:5,218,132128,839
Dominican Republic1461:71,4583,346
Australia1381:195,62119,280
Panama1311:29,8651,756
Puerto Rico1231:28,863855
Belize831:4,283781
Uruguay831:41,3464,721
Portugal571:182,7767,697
France421:1,581,493147,826
Guyana371:20,6012,557
England361:1,547,72466,012
Italy251:2,446,26894,040
Thailand231:3,071,232294,953
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
New Zealand131:348,33327,379
Sweden121:820,56361,223
Netherlands111:1,535,19878,311
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Angola91:2,998,8024,903
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
Austria81:1,064,42975,134
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Oman41:921,9937,313
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Curaçao41:39,312638
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Andorra21:41,9191,654
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Macau11:601,6301,582
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511

The alternate forms: Valladáres (1) are calculated separately.

Valladares (64) may also be a first name.

Valladares Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Name of villages near Tury [Turre] and Compostela. Equivalent to surname Balladares. Etymology unknown.

Galician name from Pontevedra.

Spanish Surnames In The Southwestern United States (1978) by Richard Donovon Woods

User-submitted Reference

The Noble surname Valladares is of Spanish descent, and of local origen. The last name Valladares is also derived from the name of the place of residence of the initial bearer which, in this case, is the name of the "Casa Solar" or "Ancient Seat" of the valladares family.The surname Valladares was first found in the northwestern province of Galicia, near Portoverde and variations of this include: Valladeres, vallader, valadares, valadare, Balladare, etc.

Portugal claims the surname Valladares or Valadares to be a native name of Valadares (Moncao, Portugal), and spread in Spain, Portugal and South America.

Some Spanish Jewry claim the surname Valladares as being Sephardi and part of the descendants of Jewish people whom were forced to convert to Christianity in the late XV century by the monarchy of Spain.

The word is derived from the Spanish word, valladar, which means 'fence', 'bulwark', 'a military barricade' or 'stockade'.

The Valladares noble families aided the Catholic rulers of Spain in 1492, with the re-conquest war, in which Christian troops under orders of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabela reconquered Spain and expelled the invading Muslims in the year 1492. Within these noble names have been highlighted, for example, Antonio Valladares, Maria Tomasa Valladares and Ana Valladares.

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Valladares Last Name Facts

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

The last name Valladares (Arabic: فالادارس, Marathi: वलडारीस) occurs more in Honduras more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant: Valladáres. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Valladares? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,763rd most frequently held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 61,538 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Valladares live; 40 percent live in Central America and 40 percent live in Hispano-Central America. Valladares is also the 1,223,525th most frequent forename on earth. It is borne by 64 people.

The surname is most common in Honduras, where it is held by 27,606 people, or 1 in 319. In Honduras Valladares is most frequent in: Francisco Morazán Department, where 47 percent live, El Paraíso Department, where 17 percent live and Cortés Department, where 11 percent live. Apart from Honduras this surname occurs in 67 countries. It also occurs in Mexico, where 15 percent live and El Salvador, where 9 percent live.

Valladares Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Valladares last name are 40.26% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 93.49% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Valladares earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Peru they earn 3.22% less than the national average, earning S/. 18,760 per year; in Colombia they earn 4.68% less than the national average, earning $21,640,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 11.91% less than the national average, earning $38,011 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.39% less than the national average, earning $47,006 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Valladares Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Valladares in the Marathi language
वलडारीसvaladarisa18.56
वालाडायसर्valadayasar6.19
ाडरेसadaresa6.19
वॅलडॅरेसveladeresa6.19
वलाडािरसvaladairasa4.12
वाादारेसvaadaresa4.12
ादारेसadaresa4.12
वलाडारीसvaladarisa4.12
ादरेसadaresa4.12
वलदारीसvaladarisa4.12
वलदारसvaladarasa2.06
वालाडाससvaladasasa2.06
वॉलाडर्रेसvoladarresa2.06
लादरेसladaresa2.06
वलडारेसvaladaresa2.06
वालाडासनvaladasana2.06
वॉलडािरसvoladairasa2.06
लदरेसladaresa2.06
वेलाडारसveladarasa2.06
वलदािरसvaladairasa2.06
वााडारेसvaadaresa2.06
ाडारेसadaresa2.06
वँलाडेरेसvamladeresa2.06
वालडरीसvaladarisa2.06
वेलडािरसveladairasa2.06
वालाडेअvalade'a2.06
लादारेसladaresa2.06
वलादारसvaladarasa2.06
वाादरेसvaadaresa1.03
Valladares in the Arabic language
فالادارسfaladars-

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