Show ContentsVallé History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The original bearer of the name Vallé, which is a local surname, once lived, held land, or was born in the beautiful region of Spain. In Spain, hereditary surnames were adopted according to fairly general rules. Local names originally denoted the proprietorship of the village or estate. The Vallé family lived near a valley. There is also a place-name Valle in Santander, which is in northern Spain. The place-name is derived form the Spanish word valle, the English valley and the French vallee, which all derive from the Latin word vallis.

Early Origins of the Vallé family

The surname Vallé was first found in Castile, in north central Spain.

Early History of the Vallé family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Vallé research. Another 70 words (5 lines of text) covering the year 1191 is included under the topic Early Vallé History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Vallé Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Valle, del Valle, Vallés, Valles, de Valles, Vallecillo, Vallejo, de Vallejo, Vallejos and many more.

Early Notables of the Vallé family

Prominent among members of the family

  • were sixteenth century doctor Francisco Vallés, physician to King Philip II

Vallé Ranking

In the United States, the name Vallé is the 1,739th most popular surname with an estimated 17,409 people with that name. 1 However, in France, the name Vallé is ranked the 3,371st most popular surname with an estimated 2,000 - 2,500 people with that name. 2


United States Vallé migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Vallé Settlers in United States in the 16th Century
  • Alonso del Valle, who sailed to America in 1509
  • Juan del Valle, who sailed to America in 1517
  • Andrés del Valle, who sailed to America in 1528
  • Bartolomé del Valle, who sailed to Peru in 1592
Vallé Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Elizabeth Valle, who landed in Maryland in 1679 3
Vallé Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Alonso Del Valle, who landed in America in 1809 3
  • Bernardo Valle, who settled in New Orleans in 1813
  • Bernardo Valle, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1813 3
  • Joseph Valle, who settled in New York by ship in 1824
  • Francisco Valle, who settled in New Orleans in 1827
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Vallé (post 1700) +

  • David Valle (b. 1960), American former Major League Baseball player
  • Richard Valle, American Democratic Party politician, Presidential Elector for California, 2000 4
  • Fred Valle, American politician, Socialist Workers Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1972 4
  • Rafael del Valle, American Republican politician, Postmaster at San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1925-34 (acting, 1925-30) 5
  • R. F. del Valle, American Democratic Party politician, Member of California State Assembly 2nd District, 1880, 1881-83; Presidential Elector for California, 1880 5
  • Miguel del Valle (b. 1951), American Democratic Party politician, Member of Illinois State Senate 2nd District, 1987-2006; Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1996, 2008; Chicago city clerk, 2006-11 5
  • Ignacio Del Valle, American politician, Member of California State Assembly 2nd District, 1852-53 5
  • Frank Della Valle, American politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from New York, 2000 (Conservative, 15th District), 2002 (Republican, 16th District) 5
  • Evaristo Valle, Spanish painter
  • Guillermo León Teillier del Valle (1943-2023), Chilean politician, educator, and writer and president of the Communist Party of Chile (PCC)
  • ... (Another 3 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  3. 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)
  4. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, December 10) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
  5. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 22) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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