The Valette surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 182 people carried this name — #99,378 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is up 10% from 166 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 7,207 people named Valette.
81 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 97 départements, most often Hérault.
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
95 people named Valette live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 44 people named Valette 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 32 people named Valette 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 Brussels-Capital.
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 the Nordic population registers
31 people named Valette 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).
Who carried it
People named Valette,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean de Valette Parisot 1494–1568 · military personnel -
Jean Valette-Penot 1710–1777 · painter -
Claude Denis Auguste Valette 1805–1878 · politician -
Marius Valette 1874–1949 · politician -
Pierre Adolphe Valette 1876–1942 · teacher -
Aristide Jasmin Hyacinthe Valette 1794–1857 · philosopher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Valette.
- Valerio 13,482 · U.S. census
- Valerius 725 · U.S. census
- Valero 4,660 · U.S. census
- Valery 412 · U.S. census
- Vales 1,802 · U.S. census
- Valet 218 · U.S. census
- Valiente 2,530 · U.S. census
- Valier 105 · U.S. census
- Valin 480 · U.S. census
- Valla 546 · U.S. census
- Vallade 157 · U.S. census
- Vallance 962 · U.S. census
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