Last Name VAL

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Not available

Origin	Jewish, Spanish, Haitian, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank	41,995 (2000 US census)	26,963 (1990 US census)

Count	487 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

31.42%, or 153 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
28.54%, or 139 total occurrences, as black,
3.08%, or 15 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.23%, or 6 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
11.7%, or 57 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
24.02%, or 117 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

How does one estimate/guess that number? The first source that comes to mind is the result of the latest available census. We know that 2000 year census presents us with a little over 150,000 unique surnames. The least po...

Longest baby names

The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte

Celebrity last names

Not all celebrities were blessed with the perfect Hollywood names, but all their names look perfectly Hollywood like don't they?
It is likely the case that some of the celebrities were born under names that differ from the one they are known now. We looked at som...