Valley is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, France, England. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Valley
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Ireland, France, England
Meaning:

Family name is a form of Vale. A valley, a low ground. Johnson designates this a poetical word.

Dweller in a depression between ranges of hills or mountains.

A variant of Vallee. Dweller in a depression between ranges of hills or mountains.

Valley is a variation of Fall. One who came from Falkenberg meaning "falcon mountain," a city in Sweden.

The surname is a variant form of MacPhail. The son of Paul meaning "small".

The variant form of Vail. Dweller in the valley.

Form of the Fall. In the North of England the nameis frequently of Gipsy origin. See Faw - A celebrated Gipsy family or clan in Scotland. King James V. issued an edict on behalf of Johnnie Faw, "lord and erle of Little Egypt." 'Faw or fa' is a Scottish verb for "to obtain," which, considering the acquisitive habits of this wandering race, is appropriate enough

2. The De Fall of the Hundred Rolls shows a local origin.

How popular is Valley?

Valley is common in United States, Egypt, Canada, South Africa, Bangladesh, Malawi, Iran, France, Philippines, England, Germany, Trinidad and Tobago, India.

Valley is ranked 50645 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Valley bearers increased by 3.14 per cent in 2010 US census to 4497 since 2000, the surname slipped by 325 spots and ranked at 7402. The last name was found in around 2 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 81.01 83.21
Black 8.83 8.74
Hispanic or Latino 5.23 3.58
Others 1.96 1.95
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.8 1.77
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.18 0.76
Valley is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Trinidad and Tobago lie ahead in terms of density. Around 10135 people have been found who wears Valley as their family name. Valley is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Valley:
6,625 United States6,526
Countries with hundreds of Valley:
13,144 Egypt519
8,341 Canada501
14,733 South Africa433
11,259 Bangladesh360
10,289 Malawi209
27,576 Iran172
59,752 France163
66,982 Philippines161
25,827 England154
47,094 Germany139
1,663 Trinidad and Tobago109
156,472 India108
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
12,477 Switzerland66
12,256 New Zealand52
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
27,204 Pakistan49
10,632 Iraq47
42,958 Australia45
47,365 Belgium24
261,263 Russia22
3,723 China20
61,770 Malaysia20
28,562 Ivory Coast18
63,634 Netherlands18
336,594 Thailand17
15,044 Scotland16
23,687 United Arab Emirates15
12,021 Ireland14
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
45,470 Mexico9
488,268 Indonesia8
70,659 Tanzania7
2,565 Belize7
83,128 Belarus7
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

29 years old Hugo-Graf Valley who was residing in Germany migrated to United States on July 24, 1871 by Westphalia put out from Hamburg. 21 years old Susanne Valley, Farmer Louise Valley, Mason Fritz Valley, are others that migrated to US.

Valley Namesakes

  • Anton Graf von Arco auf Valley, German nobleman
  • Paul Michael Valley, American television and stage actor
  • Roger Valley, Canadian politician
  • Mark Valley, American film and television actor, best
  • F. Wayne Valley, American businessman
  • High Valley, Canadian country music duo from Blumenort, Alberta

Valley Namesakes

  • Anton Graf von Arco auf Valley, German nobleman
  • Paul Michael Valley, American television and stage actor
  • Roger Valley, Canadian politician
  • Mark Valley, American film and television actor, best
  • F. Wayne Valley, American businessman
  • High Valley, Canadian country music duo from Blumenort, Alberta

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