Last Name VALE

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Local: Of the vale, from the residence therein.
Local: Low land between hills, a valley.
Origin English, Jewish, Irish, Croatian, Romanian, Latvian, Portuguese, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank 9,462 (2000 US census) 9,491 (1990 US census)
Count 3,153 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 64.51%, or 2034 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 2.95%, or 93 total occurrences, as black,
  • 2.85%, or 90 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.6%, or 19 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.41%, or 76 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 26.67%, or 841 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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