The Valentini surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 916 people carried this name — #25,374 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 294,100 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 812 people named Valentini.
176 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 54 départements, most often Corsica.
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
286 people named Valentini live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 96 people named Valentini 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
Valentini in American newspapers,
1882–1910.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,564 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Valentini,
with a public archive behind them.
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Michael Bernhard Valentini 1657–1729 · naturalist -
Giuseppe Valentini 1681–1753 · composer -
Luciano Valentini 1864–1927 · politician -
Leopoldo Valentini 1912–1983 · stage actor -
Walter Valentini 1928–2022 · engraver
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 200 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Valentini.
- Valencourt 129 · U.S. census
- Valent 741 · U.S. census
- Valente 6,657 · U.S. census
- Valenti 7,840 · U.S. census
- Valentin 14,720 · U.S. census
- Valentine 37,669 · U.S. census
- Valentino 6,083 · U.S. census
- Valenza 941 · U.S. census
- Valenzuela 43,770 · U.S. census
- Valer 108 · U.S. census
- Valera 2,893 · U.S. census
- Valere 146 · U.S. census
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