Váldes
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Váldes is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Panama it is the 6th most common surname. Recorded meaning: From Spanish Valdés, from Asturian Valdés.
- CLChile≈1 in 907(inferred from the name graph)
- PAPanama≈1 in 1K
- ESSpain1 in 3.8K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Váldes itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 387 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 907 (inferred from the name graph)
124,995 named Valdez, 2010
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Chile, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Valdes in US United States, CL Chile, AR Argentina and 2 more and Valdez in EC Ecuador.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- SpanishValdés(measured from records)
- AsturianValdés(measured from records)
From Spanish Valdés, from Asturian Valdés.
Sources 1
Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Váldes counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 124,995as Valdez | 1 in 2.7K | 125K | Valdes | 387 |
| AR Argentina | #739 | 72,185as Valdez | 1 in 630 | 72K | Valdes | 77 |
| CL Chile | #66 | ≈20,000 est. | ≈1 in 907 | — | Valdes | 142 |
| EC Ecuador | — | 15,837as Valdez | 1 in 1.1K | 16K | Valdez | 24 |
| ES Spain | #288 | 13,132 | 1 in 3.8K | 13K | Valdes | 161 |
| UY Uruguay | — | 6,952as Valdez | 1 in 487 | 7K | — | 37 |
| PA Panama | #6 | ≈3,700 est. | ≈1 in 1K | 57 | Valdes | 72 |
124,995 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010, counting the spelling valdez. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); Tribunal Electoral — Boletín, postulaciones for the 5 May 2024 general election; INEC — civil registry names; INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Váldes mean, and where does it come from?
- From Spanish Valdés, from Asturian Valdés. Recorded by Wiktionary.
- In which country does Váldes have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 125 thousand people named Valdez, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Váldes?
- In Spain, the national register counted 13,132 people named Váldes, about 1 in 3.8 thousand residents.
- How common is Váldes compared with other names?
- In Panama, Váldes is the 6th most common surname of 39,844 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/v%C3%A1ldesThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Váldes” — the 6th most common surname in Panama. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.