The Valera surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,893 people carried this name — #10,226 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 93,500 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 201 people named Valera.
78 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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
38 people named Valera live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Valera.
- Valentine 37,669 · U.S. census
- Valentini 916 · 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
- Valere 146 · U.S. census
- Valeri 997 · U.S. census
- Valerian 102 · U.S. census
- Valerie 308 · U.S. census
- Valerio 10,098 · U.S. census
- Valerius 702 · U.S. census
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