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From a place surname · Spanish

Valencia

"strength, valor"

Say it

vah-LEN-syah

Where it comes from

Valencia (city, Latin Valentia: strength)

Meaning of the surname Valencia

Valencia is a Spanish surname of the from a place type meaning "strength, valor". It is one of the 200 most common surnames in Mexico.

Taken from a town, region, or landscape feature in Spain, or later in Mexico: Castillo (castle), Rivera (riverbank), Navarro (from Navarre), Ibarra (Basque valley).

In Mexico a person carries two surnames, the father's and then the mother's, so Valencia appears as either half of a pair: Valencia García, López Valencia. Read how the two-surname system works.

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