Valence is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Valence
No. of characters: 7
Origin: France
Meaning: Originally from the town of the same name. Some towns are named Valencia, which is the Latin valentia, itself formed on valens (= brave) used as a personal name.

How popular is Valence?

Valence is common in France.

Valence is ranked 69038 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Valences plummeted by 9.941521 per cent to 154 since 2000 and slipped by 15493 spots and ranked at 113791. The last name was found in around 0 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 88.31 91.23
Hispanic or Latino 9.74 5.85
Valence is quite popular family name mostly used in Tanzania while Rwanda is ahead in terms of density. Around 6539 people have been found who wears Valence as their family name. Valence is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
722 Saint Lucia3
4,899 Ivory Coast3
1,500,361 India2
21,929 Algeria2
40,064 Nigeria2
2,151 Fiji2
897,276 Russia1
15,705 Cameroon1
28,365 Kenya1
9,116 Nicaragua1
15,162 Costa Rica1
2,505 Congo1
289,511 England1
25,746 Finland1
77,122 Sweden1
6,212 Jamaica1
66,560 Philippines1
40,340 Malaysia1
21,562 Portugal1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
43,662 Belgium30
36,547 Switzerland27
71,920 Spain22
109,551 Australia13
Countries with hundreds of Valence:
89,481 United States259
56,243 Brazil175
26,800 Canada128
Countries with thousands of Valence:
3,255 Tanzania1,593
3,474 Uganda1,494
1,077 Rwanda1,473
6,662 France1,298
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Comments

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Sueann Buffum
valence is Charente original locality name, drome, Gers, Tarn, Tarn-et-Garonne, Seine-et-Marne and domain name, as the name of Latin man Valentius.

Valence Namesakes

  • Pierrick Valence, Musical artist
  • Vanessa Valence, Film actress

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