# Vaidya (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/vaidya/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Marathi.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Marathi |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,694 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,848 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 182,258 people |
| Change since 2000 | +93% (879 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Marathi वैद्य (vaidya, “doctor, physician”). This surname is mostly found in Maharashtra.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Vaidya in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 94% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Vaidya in India.

## People named Vaidya

- Kaajal Oza Vaidya, author, screen writer, radio personality and journalist from Ahmedabad, India

## Similar surnames

Vida, Vayda, Veit, Veith, Voth, Vita, Vito, Votaw, Voit, Vieth.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.