Valerio History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France
Italy
Spain

The prestigious surname Valerio comes from the majestic region of Dauphiné, in France. Valerio is a topographic surname, a form of hereditary surname, which was given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. Habitation names form the other broad category of surnames that were derived from place-names. They were derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads. Other local names are derived from the names of houses, manors, estates, regions, and entire counties. As a general rule, the greater the distance between an individual and their homeland, the larger the territory they were named after. For example, a person who only moved to another parish would be known by the name of their original village, while people who migrated to a different country were often known by the name of a region or country from which they came.

Early Origins of the Valerio family

The surname Valerio was first found in Dauphiny (French: Dauphiné or Dauphiné Viennois), a former province in southeastern France, where they held a family seat and were important members of the aristocracy of that region.

Early History of the Valerio family

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Valerio Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Vallier, Valliers, Valliere, Vallieres, Valier, Valiers, Valiere, Valieres and many more.

Early Notables of the Valerio family

More information is included under the topic Early Valerio Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Valerio Ranking

In the United States, the name Valerio is the 3,789^th most popular surname with an estimated 7,461 people with that name. 1

Valerio migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Valerio Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Juan Valerio, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1816 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Valerio (post 1700) +

Melanie Valerio (b. 1969), American Olympic swimmer
Max Wolf Valerio (b. 1957), American poet, memoir writer, essayist and actor
Maria José Valério (1933-2021), Portuguese singer, singing polular music and fado who died in Lisbon on 3 March 2021, aged 87, from COVID-19
Joaquín Enrique Valerio Olivera (b. 1973), Spanish footballer
Alessandro Valerio (1881-1955), Italian Olympic horse rider
Alberto Valerio (b. 1985), Brazilian racing driver
Valerio Onida (1936-2022), Italian jurist, and constitutional law professor, Judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy and President of the Court from September 2004 to January 2005
Valerio Evangelisti (1952-2022), Italian writer of science fiction, fantasy, historical novels and horror, recipient of the ESFS award for Best Author (2002)
Valerio Carrara (1951-2022), Italian politician, Member of the Senate of the Republic of Italy (2001-2013)
Valerio Zanone (1936-2016), Italian politician, Senator Legislatures: XV (2006-2008)

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
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)