Find out how popular the last name Valmoja is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Valmoja.

Valmoja, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Valmoja surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Valmoja in America

Valmoja is the 156044th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Valmoja surname appeared 104 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Valmoja.

We can also compare 2010 data for Valmoja to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Valmoja

The surname VALMOJA originated in the Basque region of northern Spain and southern France during the medieval period. It is derived from the Basque words "val" meaning valley and "moja" meaning boundary or limit, suggesting the name may have referred to someone who lived near the boundary or border of a valley.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname VALMOJA can be found in a 13th century manuscript from the town of Bayonne, where a certain Pedro de Valmoja is mentioned as a landowner. This suggests the name had already been established in the region by that time.

In the 15th century, the VALMOJA name appears in records from the village of Lesaka in Navarre, Spain, where a family of that name owned a farm and vineyard. The name is sometimes spelled as "Valmoia" or "Valmoxa" in these early documents.

A notable bearer of the VALMOJA surname was Miguel de Valmoja, a 16th century Basque soldier who fought in the Spanish conquest of Mexico alongside Hernán Cortés. He was born in Azpeitia, Spain around 1490 and died in Mexico City in 1537.

Another prominent individual was Juan de Valmoja, a 17th century merchant and ship owner from San Sebastián, Spain. He was involved in the lucrative trade with the Spanish colonies in the Americas and established business connections in Havana, Cuba.

In the 18th century, a branch of the VALMOJA family settled in the French Basque region, where they became involved in the whaling industry. One of their descendants, Pierre Valmoja (1765-1832), was a renowned whaling captain who sailed the waters of the Atlantic and Antarctic.

The VALMOJA surname can also be found in historical records from the Basque communities of Argentina, Chile, and Mexico, where many Basque immigrants settled in the 19th and early 20th centuries, often working as shepherds or in agricultural roles.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Valmoja

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Valmoja.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Valmoja was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Valmoja has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Valmoja was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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