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    The surname Vayda

    A Hungarian surname, carried by 471 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex V300

    Vayda: #45,412 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Vayda #45,412, 471 people Vayda: #45,412 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Vayda #45,412, 471 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vayda is more common than 72% of them.

    Origin

    Hungarian origin

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

    One of 46 Hungarian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 471 people named Vayda in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 655,511 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 454.

    #45,412
    rank among US surnames
    471
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.7%
    change since 2000 (was #44,574)

    Who is named Vayda

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

    90% of people named Vayda identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.0%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Vayda

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

    Other Hungarian surnames

    All 46 Hungarian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Vayda come from?
    Borrowed from Hungarian Vajda, from Hungarian vajda, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *vojevoda.
    How common is the surname Vayda?
    471 people in the United States had the surname Vayda in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 655,511 Americans. It ranked 45,412th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Vayda?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Vayda identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Vayda getting more or less common?
    More common. 454 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 471 in 2010, up 3.7%.
    What are other spellings of Vayda?
    Vaida, Vajda and Wajda.