Vallejo Surname
Approximately 207,688 people bear this surname
Vallejo Surname Definition:
One who came from Vallejo (small valley), in Spain.
This is a form of "Valle" (see) and with the diminutive ending means "small valley."
Found as name of villages near Burgos and Santander. Means small valley.
Refers to plains and beautiful hills.
Read More About This SurnameVallejo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 54,052 | 1:2,296 | 336 |
| Colombia | 38,351 | 1:1,246 | 255 |
| Spain | 21,979 | 1:2,127 | 257 |
| Ecuador | 18,780 | 1:847 | 136 |
| United States | 18,232 | 1:19,880 | 2,502 |
| Argentina | 16,308 | 1:2,621 | 341 |
| Philippines | 10,771 | 1:9,399 | 872 |
| Venezuela | 7,337 | 1:4,117 | 555 |
| Dominican Republic | 6,163 | 1:1,693 | 262 |
| Honduras | 3,513 | 1:2,510 | 356 |
| Peru | 2,856 | 1:11,129 | 1,536 |
| Chile | 1,436 | 1:12,268 | 986 |
| Paraguay | 1,153 | 1:6,276 | 455 |
| Uruguay | 992 | 1:3,459 | 406 |
| France | 797 | 1:83,341 | 11,826 |
| Brazil | 767 | 1:279,106 | 10,755 |
| Cuba | 594 | 1:19,399 | 1,237 |
| Costa Rica | 590 | 1:8,102 | 464 |
| Bolivia | 477 | 1:22,257 | 1,745 |
| Nicaragua | 458 | 1:13,146 | 815 |
| Guatemala | 434 | 1:37,057 | 2,019 |
| Canada | 229 | 1:160,898 | 16,247 |
| Puerto Rico | 193 | 1:18,395 | 690 |
| El Salvador | 186 | 1:34,107 | 1,131 |
| Panama | 161 | 1:24,300 | 1,515 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| England | 108 | 1:515,908 | 32,533 |
| Portugal | 94 | 1:110,832 | 5,195 |
| Germany | 83 | 1:969,945 | 67,438 |
| Australia | 55 | 1:490,831 | 37,357 |
| Italy | 31 | 1:1,972,796 | 88,569 |
| Thailand | 28 | 1:2,522,798 | 271,580 |
| Netherlands | 25 | 1:675,487 | 54,943 |
| Sweden | 23 | 1:428,120 | 30,474 |
| Belgium | 22 | 1:522,575 | 50,051 |
| Switzerland | 22 | 1:373,314 | 28,226 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Andorra | 19 | 1:4,413 | 868 |
| Aruba | 18 | 1:5,749 | 789 |
| Taiwan | 18 | 1:1,302,486 | 8,817 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Finland | 10 | 1:549,670 | 32,186 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Wales | 9 | 1:343,837 | 18,086 |
| Bahrain | 9 | 1:149,845 | 5,469 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Hong Kong | 6 | 1:1,222,580 | 5,222 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| French Polynesia | 4 | 1:70,201 | 4,444 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Belize | 2 | 1:177,737 | 3,502 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 59 | 1:851,164 | 52,255 |
The alternate forms: Valléjo (3) & Vallejó (1) are calculated separately.
Vallejo (233) may also be a first name.
Vallejo Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
One who came from Vallejo (small valley), in Spain.
This is a form of "Valle" (see) and with the diminutive ending means "small valley."
Found as name of villages near Burgos and Santander. Means small valley.
Refers to plains and beautiful hills.
Castilian name from mountains of Burgos.
See Del Valle, Valles.
User-submitted Reference
The surname Vallejo or Vallejos is derived from the word vallejo, which means 'little valley'.
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Where Does The Last Name Vallejo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Vallejo is carried by more people in Mexico than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as: Valléjo or Vallejó. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vallejo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,686th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 35,089 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 83 percent of Vallejo are found; 42 percent are found in South America and 26 percent are found in Hispano-North America. It is also the 587,225th most commonly held first name on earth, held by 233 people.
The last name is most widespread in Mexico, where it is carried by 54,052 people, or 1 in 2,296. In Mexico Vallejo is mostly concentrated in: México, where 17 percent live, Guanajuato, where 13 percent live and Veracruz, where 11 percent live. Other than Mexico Vallejo occurs in 88 countries. It is also common in Colombia, where 18 percent live and Spain, where 11 percent live.
Vallejo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Vallejo has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Vallejo surname increased 30,902 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Vallejo Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Vallejo last name are 40.58% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 93.81% registered with the political party.
The amount Vallejo earn in different countries varies markedly. In Peru they earn 30.87% more than the national average, earning S/. 25,369 per year; in Colombia they earn 5.68% more than the national average, earning $23,992,700 COP per year; in United States they earn 12.42% less than the national average, earning $37,788 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.18% more than the national average, earning $50,267 CAD per year.
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