Valis

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈvæɫɪs/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Valis is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 1M(measured from records)
  • CZCzechia1 in 19K
  • SCSeychelles≈1 in 33K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Czechia (measured from records)

549 people

Sources
140 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 19K (inferred from the name graph)

Czechia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Valis 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 Valis is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CZ Czechia—5491 in 19K549—1
US United States—3291 in 1M357Valis140
BR Brazil—1331 in 1.6M133—1
AU Australia—≈56 est.≈1 in 454K—Valis28
GB United Kingdom—≈49 est.≈1 in 1.3M—Valis18
SK Slovakia—181 in 302K18——
IE Ireland—≈15 est.≈1 in 353K—Valis1
SC Seychelles#384≈3 est.≈1 in 33K—Valis1

549 people counted by MVČR — living population register 2017. 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; MVČR — living population register 2017; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census). 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)

Valis is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Mexico, Brazil, United States, Argentina

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Välis, Vališ, Valís, Valïs

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Vališ

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium, Canada

    Also written Vališ

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Vališ

  • Greek surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Greece, United States

    Also written Βαλης, Βαλής, Valens, Βάλης

  • Estonian surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Estonia, United States

    Also written Välis, Vališ

30 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Valis is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In mtt, tall coarse grass; in recent use grass generally and onions

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In Latvian, whale (large maritime mammals of the order Cetacea)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In ppu, tusk of wild boar

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In fur, plural of val

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In pms, suitcase

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Latvian, Zīdītāju klases kārta ("Cetacea"), kurā ietilpst lieli ūdensdzīvnieki ar elastīgu ādu, biezu zemādas tauku slāni un lokanu asti, kas beidzas ar horizontālu spuru (piemēram, kašaloti, narvaļi, delfīni), samērā lielu galvu, kam mutē ir vai nu raga plātnes (planktona kāšanai), vai zobi (zivju izmantošanai barībā, piemēram, kašalotiem, narvaļiem); vaļveidīgie

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

  • Norbert Valisb. 1971CHSwiss basketball player and basketball coach

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Mr Valis,
InformalHi Valis,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 24 sources across 15 countries.

Official registers attesting Valis
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000357#54,152
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010329#61,123
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020319#66,829
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—133#50,927
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Valis?
A machine transcription gives /ˈvæɫɪs/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Valis have the most bearers?
In Czechia, the national register counted about 549 people named Valis, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Valis most common?
Valis is densest in Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 19 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Valis?
In Czechia, the national register counted 549 people named Valis, about 1 in 19 thousand residents.
How common is Valis compared with other names?
In the Seychelles, Valis is the 384th most common surname of 2,002 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, “Valis” — the 384th most common surname in Seychelles. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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