The surname Vidal
A Spanish surname, carried by 18,677 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex V340
Origin
Spanish origin
Borrowed from Spanish Vidal, from Latin vītālis (“vital; life-giving”).
One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 18,677 people named Vidal in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 16,531 Americans. That is up 35% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,867.
Who is named Vidal
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
79% of people named Vidal identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 13% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 79%
- White (not Hispanic) 13%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 4.2%
- Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
- Two or more races 0.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Famous Vidals
10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Gore VidalAmerican writer (1925–2012)
- Jean-Pierre VidalAlpine skier, born 1977
- Lisa VidalAmerican actress of Puerto Rican heritage, born 1965
- Christina VidalAmerican actress and singer, born 1981
- Marcelo VidalArgentine association football player, born 1991
- Nina VidalAmerican singer-songwriter, born 2000
- María Eugenia VidalArgentine politician, born 1973
- Francisco Carlos Martins VidalBrazilian footballer, born 1962
- Jesús Vidal Chamorroborn 1974
- Moreno Aoas VidalBrazilian footballer, born 1983
Notable Vidals come mostly from the United States (4), Argentina (2) and Brazil (2).
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Vidal has the Soundex code V340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V340.
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Questions
- Where does the surname Vidal come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish Vidal, from Latin vītālis (“vital; life-giving”).
- How common is the surname Vidal?
- 18,677 people in the United States had the surname Vidal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,531 Americans. It ranked 1,933rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Vidal?
- In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Vidal identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 13% as white (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Vidal?
- Gore Vidal, American writer (1925–2012), followed by Jean-Pierre Vidal.
- Where is the surname Vidal most common?
- Wikidata records people named Vidal in the United States, Argentina and Brazil and 2 other countries.
- Is the surname Vidal getting more or less common?
- More common. 13,867 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,677 in 2010, up 35%.