Valls is used as a family name or surname in Spain. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Valls
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Spain
Meaning: He that dwelleth in a valley or a valley. This is the most obvious interpretation. To note, in all the variants of the name, the presence of the final S, which seems to correspond to a kind of genitive or ablative, the French expressed by the preposition DE (= Valls of the valley, see the name Duval) . Finally be noted that Valls is more common in South Catalonia and Vallespir, while Baills is necessary in Roussillon.

How popular is Valls?

Valls is common in Spain.

Valls is ranked 20043 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Vallses grew by 22.96651 per cent to 771 since 2000 and ranked 30339 after elevating 3871 spots. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Hispanic or Latino 67.7 56.78
White 30.48 39.23
Black 1.43 1.44
Valls is quite popular family name mostly used in Spain while Andorra is ahead in terms of density. Around 25909 people have been found who wears Valls as their family name. Valls is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,565 Costa Rica8
381,097 Ukraine4
2,672 Mozambique3
14,078 Japan3
14,054 China3
67,494 South Africa3
16,605 Austria3
35,969 Denmark2
24,269 Peru2
9,185 Hong Kong2
810,193 Indonesia1
1,704,541 India1
897,276 Russia1
2,877 Cuba1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
12,270 Lebanon1
38,830 Morocco1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
5,467 Haiti1
7,895 South Korea1
12,741 Ecuador1
14,644 Tunisia1
53,505 Turkey1
12,745 Luxembourg1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,524 Portugal37
42,407 Sweden22
80,121 Australia20
18,457 Scotland20
15,050 Singapore18
133,639 Canada18
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
60 Andorra93
3,598 Mauritius73
12,039 Colombia70
78,184 Italy67
24,466 Belgium67
19,965 Switzerland54
Countries with hundreds of Valls:
7,240 Mexico733
2,007 Guatemala677
17,127 Germany605
3,241 Venezuela602
2,400 Chile468
1,576 Uruguay293
22,861 England220
1,240 Puerto Rico217
2,061 Panama163
Countries with thousands of Valls:
1,616 Argentina2,927
10,477 Brazil1,304
6,662 France1,298
29,062 United States1,030
Countries with ten thousands of Valls:
356 Spain14,753
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Comments

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Zachariah Peplinski
valls is a form of Roussillon Valley name from the Latin vallis and designer of the house situated in a valley, by extension houses: domain name or hamlet became surname.

Valls Namesakes

  • Àlvar Valls i Oliva, Author
  • Manuel Valls, Prime Minister of France
  • Francisco Valls, Composer
  • Arturo Valls, Actor
  • Marcos Broc Valls, Musical Artist
  • Manuel Valls, Composer
  • Corinne Valls, Politician
  • Rafael Valls, Bicycler
  • Francesc Puigpelat i Valls, Writer
  • Francisco Valls, Composer

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