# Vidal (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/vidal/  
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 Spanish

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 18,677 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,933 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 16,531 people |
| Change since 2000 | +35% (13,867 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Vidal, from Latin vītālis (“vital; life-giving”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Vidal 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) | 13% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 79% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 4.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Vidal in the United States, Argentina, Brazil, France and Spain.

## People named Vidal

- Gore Vidal, American writer (1925–2012)
- Jean-Pierre Vidal, alpine skier
- Lisa Vidal, American actress of Puerto Rican heritage
- Christina Vidal, American actress and singer
- Marcelo Vidal, Argentine association football player
- Nina Vidal, American singer-songwriter
- María Eugenia Vidal, Argentine politician
- Francisco Carlos Martins Vidal, Brazilian footballer
- Jesús Vidal Chamorro
- Moreno Aoas Vidal, Brazilian footballer

## Similar surnames

Vitale, Vital, Vitela, Vitiello, Vitello, Vitelli, Vitolo.

## 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.