These are the most common Mexican last names beginning with V, ranked by how many people in Mexico have the name today.
Unlike many other letters, there are no indigenous names in this list. Every name has Spanish or Basque origins.
The high numbers are mostly from the Val/Vel/Vaz type names. You’ll see that many end in Z but has a less common variant that ends in S. The Z form dominates in Mexico, while the S is more standard in South America and the Caribbean.
These rankings come from a database of over 1.25 million workers published by Mexico’s Ministry of Public Education.
List Of Mexican Last Names Starting With V
Let’s start with the alphabetical list of names from Vaca to Valenzuela.
Two names are in the top one hundred names in Mexico, with Valenzuela missing the cut by one. Valdez is the most common, with the variant Valdes being less popular.
The early origins are in places named Valdés, for example in Asturias in Spain. The meaning comes from the Latin vallis, which refers to a valley.
| Last Name | Mexico Rank | U.S. Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Vaca | 1,009 | 4,444 |
| Valadez | 325 | 1,645 |
| Valderrama | 1,133 | 12,652 |
| Valdes | 239 | 1,745 |
| Valdez | 76 | 244 |
| Valdivia | 482 | 2,293 |
| Valdivieso | 1,210 | 18,584 |
| Valdovinos | 971 | 3,517 |
| Valencia | 98 | 475 |
| Valentin | 989 | 1,868 |
| Valenzuela | 101 | 584 |
Mexican Names From Valera to Vazquez
Two names in this section are in the top 50 in Mexico, with Vargas being the more prevalent.
There are several places of this name in Spain. Linguists tie the origins to the Iberian language, which was replaced by Latin. There are several translations, one of which is as thatched huts, another is step slopes.
| Last Name | Mexico Rank | U.S. Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Valera | 949 | 8,392 |
| Valerio | 700 | 2,675 |
| Valero | 1,044 | 7,177 |
| Valladares | 832 | 3,012 |
| Valle | 228 | 1,104 |
| Vallejo | 404 | 1,881 |
| Valles | 653 | 2,614 |
| Valtierra | 1,039 | 9,132 |
| Valverde | 816 | 4,065 |
| Vara | 1,031 | 9,790 |
| Varela | 260 | 1,321 |
| Vargas | 38 | 148 |
| Vasquez | 100 | 113 |
| Vazquez | 14 | 203 |
Mexican Names From Vega to Ventura
Three names in this section are in the top one hundred, with Velazquez being the most common. And this name has multiple variants here, with Velasquez being the most obvious.
The name literally means “son of Velasco”, so the names Velasco and Velazco are also variants.
The ultimate origins are in the Basque word for a crow, cuervo, with sco being the diminutive. So, little crow. Early bearers may have been black-haired.
| Last Name | Mexico Rank | U.S. Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Vega | 66 | 261 |
| Vela | 429 | 1,396 |
| Velarde | 754 | 4,371 |
| Velasco | 92 | 1,061 |
| Velasquez | 422 | 398 |
| Velazco | 784 | 9,854 |
| Velazquez | 39 | 530 |
| Velez | 303 | 638 |
| Veloz | 1,175 | 6,546 |
| Venancio | 1,259 | 24,137 |
| Vences | 797 | 9,375 |
| Venegas | 357 | 1,722 |
| Ventura | 240 | 877 |
Mexican Names From Vera to Vilchis
Vera is the most common name in this section at #157. The early origins are in the Latin uera, which refers to a river bank. Early bearers likely lived by rivers.
| Last Name | Mexico Rank | U.S. Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Vera | 157 | 1,031 |
| Verdin | 1,044 | 6,200 |
| Verdugo | 434 | 4,885 |
| Verduzco | 904 | 5,066 |
| Vergara | 312 | 2,332 |
| Vicencio | 872 | 16,108 |
| Vicente | 364 | 3,326 |
| Victoria | 626 | 5,023 |
| Victoriano | 1,185 | 17,367 |
| Vidal | 253 | 1,933 |
| Vidales | 930 | 8,697 |
| Viera | 1,017 | 3,024 |
| Vieyra | 1,025 | 10,140 |
| Vigueras | 1,050 | 61,899 |
| Vilchis | 578 | 13,221 |
Mexican Names From Villa to Villavicencio
Villanueva is just outside the top one hundred, ranking 116th. This Spanish name literally means “new town”. There are many places of this name across Spain.
| Last Name | Mexico Rank | U.S. Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Villa | 170 | 644 |
| Villafuerte | 864 | 8,854 |
| Villagomez | 679 | 3,201 |
| Villagran | 1,019 | 8,946 |
| Villalba | 735 | 6,852 |
| Villalobos | 169 | 919 |
| Villalpando | 848 | 4,534 |
| Villalvazo | 1,237 | 16,984 |
| Villanueva | 116 | 539 |
| Villar | 922 | 6,186 |
| Villarreal | 175 | 547 |
| Villasana | 1,141 | 12,676 |
| Villaseñor | 837 | 2,548 |
| Villatoro | 949 | 3,394 |
| Villavicencio | 666 | 8,082 |
Mexican Names From Villa to Villavicencio
Villegas is the most common name in this section. There are several places of this name in Spain. The early origins are from the Latin word villa, for a place to live – a farm, or a village.
| Last Name | Mexico Rank | U.S. Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Villeda | 772 | 6,201 |
| Villegas | 128 | 716 |
| Villela | 1,044 | 8,812 |
| Virgen | 756 | 8,470 |
| Vital | 1,081 | 6,739 |
| Vite | 349 | 29,117 |
| Vivanco | 1,248 | 13,603 |
| Vivar | 1,066 | 10,200 |
| Vivas | 926 | 11,466 |
| Viveros | 431 | 6,766 |
| Vizcarra | 793 | 6,819 |
Notes About The List
The data comes from an open database of 1,256,438 federal education workers published by Mexico’s Secretaría de Educación Pública. The processed data is published on GitHub as mexican-names.
People in Mexico carry two surnames, the father’s followed by the mother’s. Our ranking uses the father’s surname, which is the one a person is normally known by.
Related lists
For surnames common among Hispanic Americans, see our list of Hispanic last names starting with V.
You can also use our surname ranking tool to check how a name ranked in the 2000 and 2010 U.S. censuses.
