The Valdivia surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 11,484 people carried this name — #2,871 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 23,500 people counted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 93 people named Valdivia.
44 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Martinique.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
73 people named Valdivia live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Valdivia,
with a public archive behind them.
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Juan Gualberto Valdivia Cornejo 1796–1880 · politician -
Verónica Valdivia Ortiz de Zárate 1959– · historian -
Daniel F 1961– · writer -
Juan Valdivia 1965– · musician -
Ramón Valdivia Giménez 1974– · jurist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 89 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Valdivia.
- Vais 201 · U.S. census
- Val 487 · U.S. census
- Vala 393 · U.S. census
- Valade 662 · U.S. census
- Valance 100 · U.S. census
- Valdes 15,567 · U.S. census
- Vale 3,153 · U.S. census
- Valence 171 · U.S. census
- Valencia 50,026 · U.S. census
- Valencourt 129 · U.S. census
- Valent 741 · U.S. census
- Valente 6,657 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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