Valenza: Last Name and Heraldic Notes

Valenza is best understood together with Valencia: both are Spanish spellings of a single family name. At root, the name means “From Valencia”.

• Other spellings include Valença.
• Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.
• The 2010 US Census counted 995 people named Valenza, ranking it number 24,982 among American surnames. French birth records list 623 children named Valenza between 1891 and 2000.
• Before spelling was fixed, Valencia was also written Valenza.

Valenza coat of arms

Arms linked to Valencia and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. For the full story, order the Valenza surname pack.