Val surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Val surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 674 people carried this name — #33,772 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is up 38% from 487 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 754 people named Val.

42 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 71 départements, most often Corrèze.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 42
Corrèze 152
Paris 56
Seine-Maritime 52
Moselle 46
Calvados 38
Haute-Garonne 23
Eure 20
Isère 20

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 524 people named Val live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

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Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 297
City of Buenos Aires 154
Mendoza 26
Córdoba 18
Río Negro 15
Santa Fe 14

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

39 people named Val live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 14
Appenzell Ausserrhoden 10
Valais 9
Aargau 3
Vaud 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

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