Válent

surname · Latin script

Válent is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • CZCzechia1 in 71K(measured from records)
  • NLNetherlands1 in 99K
  • BEBelgium1 in 161K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

693 people, 2010

Record sources
61 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

1 in 71K (inferred from the name graph)

Czechia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts

(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Valent in US United States, SK Slovakia, CZ Czechia.

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)
recorded in Catalan

lat. Valens puternic, viguros" 1. Ualint (Syn). 2. Olentie, mold., 1656 (Sur X). 3. Alent Imparat (Valens"), la Moxa. 4. Din ung. Batiot (Walint) : Balint (Sd XV ; 17 B II 349) ; -ele t. (AO XIII 428) ; -esti s (C Stet) ; s. ; Bdlint (Ard I) ; -escu (AO XII 383).

Cited for this meaning 2

  • Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
  • Dictionar Onomastic Rominesc

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Válent 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.

Where Válent is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—6931 in 480K741Valent11
NL Netherlands—1751 in 99K175—1
AR Argentina—1721 in 264K172——
CZ Czechia—1501 in 71K151Valent29
BR Brazil—1421 in 1.5M142——
BE Belgium—731 in 161K73——
SI Slovenia—101 in 210K36——
SK Slovakia#178———Valent61

693 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); MVČR — living population register 2017; KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank); SURS — resident population given names. 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).

Other names spelled this way

(inferred from the name graph)

Válent is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hungarian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Hungary, United States, Italy, United Kingdom

    Also written Valent

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Valent

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Netherlands, Canada

    Also written Valent, Vàlent

  • Romanian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Valent

  • English surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Valent

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence

(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Válent under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Válent have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 693 people named Válent, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled valent.
Where is Válent most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Válent is densest in Czechia — about 1 in 71 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Válent?
In the United States, the national register counted 693 people named Válent in 2010, about 1 in 480 thousand residents.
How common is Válent compared with other names?
In Slovakia, Válent is the 178th most common surname of 69,668 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Válent” — the 178th most common surname in Slovakia. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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