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Valk Ranking

In Netherlands, the name Valk is the 266th most popular surname with an estimated 5,334 people with that name. 1


United States Valk migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Valk Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Sarah Valk, who landed in Charleston, South Carolina in 1835 2
  • Sheratina Valk, aged 22, who arrived in New York, NY in 1847 2
  • A S Valk, aged 48, who landed in New York, NY in 1847 2
  • Anna Valk, aged 1, who arrived in New York, NY in 1847 2
  • Antje Valk, aged 19, who landed in Baltimore, Maryland in 1847 2
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Valk (post 1700) +

  • William Weightman Valk (1806-1879), American politician, Representative from New York 1st District, 1855-57 3
  • Reiky de Valk (2000-2023), Dutch actor


  1. "Most Common Last Names in Netherlands." Forebears, https://forebears.io/netherlands/surnames
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  3. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, December 10) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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