The Valencia surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 70,000 people carried this name — #475 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 4,210 people counted. That is up 40% from 50,026 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 6,925 people named Valencia 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.
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
362 people named Valencia live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 118 people named Valencia.
55 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
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.
Who carried it
People named Valencia,
with a public archive behind them.
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Gabriel Valencia 1799–1848 · military personnel -
Guillermo Valencia Castillo 1873–1943 · poet -
Olimpia Valencia 1898–1987 · physician -
Guillermo León Valencia 1909–1971 · lawyer -
Josefina Valencia Muñoz 1913–1991 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 274 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Valencia.
- Valade 673 · U.S. census
- Valance 106 · U.S. census
- Valdes 20,527 · U.S. census
- Valdivia 15,895 · U.S. census
- Vale 3,334 · U.S. census
- Valence 154 · 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
- Valentin 19,211 · U.S. census
- Valentine 40,395 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Valencia is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.