The Valladares surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,901 people carried this name — #3,012 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 24,800 people counted. That is up 58% from 7,516 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 1,526 people named Valladares 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 640
City of Buenos Aires 216
Córdoba 152
Tucumán 101
Río Negro 88
Santa Fe 80
Mendoza 79
Santiago del Estero 48

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

55 people named Valladares live in Switzerland.

They live in 8 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

Geneva 14
Zurich 8
Bern 7
Fribourg 7
Vaud 6
Neuchâtel 5
Basel-Stadt 4
Lucerne 4

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 the Nordic population registers

21 people named Valladares is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 21

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

Valladares in American newspapers,
1910.

Newspaper page from Atlanta Semi-weekly Journal carrying the name Valladares
Atlanta Semi-weekly Journal 1910-11-04
Newspaper page from The Prescott Daily News carrying the name Valladares
The Prescott Daily News 1910-11-15
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Valladares
Evening Star 1910-11-04

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,377 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Valladares in Australian newspapers,
1910s–1980s.

50 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Valladares. The most, 26, date from the 1950s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in South Australia, at 8.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

South Australia 46
ACT (Canberra) 1
New South Wales 1
Tasmania 1
Western Australia 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Valladares.

Who carried it

People named Valladares,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Marcial Valladares Núñez
    Marcial Valladares Núñez 1821–1903 · writer
  • Leda Valladares
    Leda Valladares 1919–2012 · writer
  • Ysidro Valladares Sánchez
    Ysidro Valladares Sánchez 1927–2011 · scientist
  • Gavino de Valladares y Mejía 1725–1794 · bishop
  • Antonio Valladares de Sotomayor 1737–1820 · writer
  • José Dionisio Valladares Gómez 1787–1864 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Valladares,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States72 records

72 records of the Valladares name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 49
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 9
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 5
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 5
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Isidro Valladares

    Born 1916 in Santo Domingo. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jay Governors Island, New York; musician. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Julio Jose Valladares

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War. Born 1932, died 1972; buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Carlota B. Valladares

    Born 1885 in Tegucigalp, Honduras. Entered the United States at New Orleans in 1947. Listed in the U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 72 records for Valladares in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

France3 records

3 records of the Valladares name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Denis Michel Valladares

    Born 1951 in Carmaux (Tarn); died 1993 in Lyon (Rhône).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Marcelina Valladares

    Born 1918 in Spain; died 1999 in Albi (Tarn).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Francois Valladares

    Born 1919 in Spain; died 1996 in Carmaux (Tarn).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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