# Vayda (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Hungarian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 471 |
| US rank (2010) | 45,412 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 655,511 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.7% (454 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Vaida, Vajda, Wajda |

## Etymology

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

## Who carries it

Share of people named Vayda 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) | 90% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Similar surnames

Vaidya, Veit, Veith, Voth, Vita, Vito, Votaw, Vida, 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.