The Valenzuela surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 57,383 people carried this name — #584 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 5,140 people counted. That is up 31% from 43,770 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Valenzuela surname
As a surname, originated in Castile and León in Spain. The city in the Philippines is named after Filipino revolutionary Pio Valenzuela.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Valenzuela» (English), 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 44,595 people named Valenzuela 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
140 people named Valenzuela live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 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 67 people named Valenzuela.
Most of them — 47 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Vaucluse.
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 the Nordic population registers
79 people named Valenzuela is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Valenzuela in American newspapers,
1856–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 13,024 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Valenzuela,
with a public archive behind them.
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Juan Eloy Valenzuela 1756–1834 -
Crisanto Valenzuela 1776– · lawyer -
José Valenzuela y Márquez 1820–1881 · physician -
Raimundo Valenzuela 1848–1905 · composer -
Filomena Valenzuela Goyenechea 1848–1924 · vivandière
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 207 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Valenzuela.
- 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
- Valenza 995 · U.S. census
- Valer 104 · U.S. census
- Valera 3,944 · U.S. census
- Valere 240 · U.S. census
- Valeri 1,006 · U.S. census
- Valerian 102 · U.S. census
- Valerie 328 · U.S. census
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