The Vale surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,334 people carried this name — #9,728 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 88,500 people counted. That is up 6% from 3,153 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,362 people named Vale 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 Salta.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
105 people named Vale live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 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
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.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 72 people named Vale.
15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Maine-et-Loire.
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 print
Vale in American newspapers,
1888–1904.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 599,553 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Vale,
with a public archive behind them.
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Euphemia Vale Blake 1825–1904 · writer -
José António do Vale 1845–1912 · actor -
José António do Vale 1845–1912 · actor
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Cyrilla Mary Binns d. 2004
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Amaro do Vale d. 1619 · painter
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Joaquim Pereira do Vale d. 1860 · military officer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Vale.
- Val 674 · U.S. census
- Vala 462 · U.S. census
- Valade 673 · U.S. census
- Valance 106 · U.S. census
- Valdes 20,527 · U.S. census
- Valdivia 15,895 · U.S. census
- Valence 154 · U.S. census
- Valencia 70,000 · U.S. census
- Valencourt 127 · U.S. census
- Valent 693 · U.S. census
- Valente 7,580 · U.S. census
- Valenti 8,174 · U.S. census
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