The Valois surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,165 people carried this name — #22,173 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 256,400 people counted. That is up 15% from 1,012 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Valois surname
By surface analysis, val + -ois.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Valois» (French), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 780 people named Valois.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 58 départements, most often Loire.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 27 people named Valois 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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Valois.
- Vallin 1,210 · U.S. census
- Vallon 341 · U.S. census
- Vallot 492 · U.S. census
- Valls 771 · U.S. census
- Valmont 192 · U.S. census
- Valo 176 · U.S. census
- Valot 173 · U.S. census
- Valverde 8,737 · U.S. census
- Van 10,798 · U.S. census
- Vanacker 797 · U.S. census
- Vanassche 391 · U.S. census
- Vanbecelaere 178 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Valois is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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