# Vajda (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/vajda/  
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 Hungarian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Hungarian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 599 |
| US rank (2010) | 37,229 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 515,435 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.3% (558 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Vaida, Vayda, Wajda |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian Vajda, from Hungarian vajda, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *vojevoda.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Vajda 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) | 93% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## People named Vajda

- Edward Vajda, American linguist

## Similar surnames

Vogt, Vest, Vaught, Voigt, Voight, Vought, Vasta.

## 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.