The Valenti surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,174 people carried this name — #4,341 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 36,100 people counted. That is up 4% from 7,840 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Valenti surname
A surname originating as a patronymic.
Patronymic surname from the personal name Valente.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Valenti» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 2,448 people named Valenti 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 641 people named Valenti.
263 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 48 départements, most often Meurthe-et-Moselle.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
339 people named Valenti live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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/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 147 people named Valenti 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 Hainaut.
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.
In print
Valenti in American newspapers,
1915–1923.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,248 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Valenti,
with a public archive behind them.
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Silvio Valenti Gonzaga 1690–1756 · Catholic priest -
Ludovico Valenti 1695–1763 · Catholic priest -
Luigi Valenti Gonzaga 1725–1808 · librarian -
Tommaso Valenti d. 1941 · writer
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Luigi Valenti Serini d. 1912 · politician
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Sebastiano Valenti d. 1553 · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Valenti.
- Vale 3,334 · 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
- Valentin 19,211 · U.S. census
- Valentine 40,395 · U.S. census
- Valentini 858 · U.S. census
- Valentino 6,474 · U.S. census
- Valenza 995 · U.S. census
- Valenzuela 57,383 · U.S. census
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