The Valent surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 693 people carried this name — #33,036 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is down 6% from 741 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 172 people named Valent 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 135 people named Valent.
44 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Aude.
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
23 people named Valent live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 20 people named Valent live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in East Flanders.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Valent,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pablo Valent 1892–1969 -
Pavel Valent 1914–1953 -
Adrian Valent 1550– · composer
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Michal Valent 1929–2020 · physician
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Ján Valent 1941– · poet
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Tullio Valent 1942– · physicist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Valent.
- Valdes 20,527 · U.S. census
- Valdivia 15,895 · U.S. census
- Vale 3,334 · U.S. census
- Valence 154 · U.S. census
- Valencia 70,000 · U.S. census
- Valencourt 127 · 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
- Valentini 858 · U.S. census
- Valentino 6,474 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Valent 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.