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    The surname Vaidya

    A Marathi surname, carried by 1,694 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex V300

    Vaidya: #16,848 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Vaidya #16,848, 1,694 people Vaidya: #16,848 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Vaidya #16,848, 1,694 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vaidya is more common than 89.6% of them.

    Origin

    Marathi origin

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

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,694 people named Vaidya in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 182,258 Americans. That is up 93% since 2000, when the Census counted 879.

    #16,848
    rank among US surnames
    1,694
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +92.7%
    change since 2000 (was #26,163)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,839Sowinski1,695182,151
    #16,848Stoehr1,694182,258
    #16,856Loiacono1,693182,366

    Who is named Vaidya

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    94% of people named Vaidya identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.0% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 94%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Hispanic are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Famous Vaidyas

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Kaajal Oza Vaidya
      Author, screen writer, radio personality and journalist from Ahmedabad, India, born 1966

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Vaidya

    Vaidya has the Soundex code V300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V300.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Vaidya come from?
    Borrowed from Marathi वैद्य (vaidya, “doctor, physician”). This surname is mostly found in Maharashtra.
    How common is the surname Vaidya?
    1,694 people in the United States had the surname Vaidya in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 182,258 Americans. It ranked 16,848th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Vaidya?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Vaidya identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.0% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Vaidya?
    Kaajal Oza Vaidya, author, screen writer, radio personality and journalist from Ahmedabad, India.
    Where is the surname Vaidya most common?
    Wikidata records people named Vaidya in India.
    Is the surname Vaidya getting more or less common?
    More common. 879 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,694 in 2010, up 93%.