Vidal Surname

1,036th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 517,090 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Dominica

Vidal Surname Definition:

Variant of Vial, life.

Common and popular surname found as name of village near Mondonedo. Derived from latin "vitalis" - life, living, vial.

Catalan name from Barcelona.

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Vidal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil75,3631:2,841259
Spain73,4241:63754
Mexico68,8641:1,802260
France57,8561:1,14846
Chile46,8301:37675
Colombia28,2431:1,692332
Philippines27,8581:3,634270
Argentina25,8531:1,653220
Peru21,0571:1,509246
United States18,4251:19,6722,479
Cuba11,9541:964167
Bolivia11,4551:927191
Dominican Republic10,3231:1,011175
Venezuela7,6231:3,962542
Uruguay5,1611:66573
Portugal4,7561:2,191316
Ecuador4,6721:3,405585
Guatemala2,4491:6,567832
Canada1,5641:23,5593,203
England9691:57,5016,921
El Salvador9301:6,821578
Saudi Arabia8351:36,9535,288
Italy7691:79,52813,898
Dominica7111:10718
Puerto Rico7111:4,993338
Paraguay6681:10,833579
Honduras6511:13,543725
Panama5771:6,780715
Jamaica5321:5,395694
Costa Rica4851:9,856499
Germany4821:167,02419,753
Chad4811:28,2583,335
Belgium4561:25,2123,993
Morocco4431:77,82413,257
Switzerland4321:19,0113,092
Andorra4061:20623
Australia3241:83,3209,655
Thailand2331:303,16952,285
New Caledonia1351:2,046184
Singapore1281:43,0291,626
French Polynesia1171:2,400486
Saint Lucia1121:1,596292
Belize1071:3,322665
Israel1071:79,9789,667
Netherlands1051:160,83023,699
Trinidad and Tobago1041:13,1151,725
Russia851:1,695,565111,577
Sweden851:115,8448,286
Malta841:5,122348
Angola781:346,0162,319
New Zealand711:63,7799,777
Nigeria511:3,473,387102,969
Norway511:100,82913,689
Kuwait481:79,1819,331
Senegal451:323,9851,734
Ireland441:107,0215,562
Taiwan391:601,1474,434
South Africa331:1,641,74981,435
Denmark311:182,08815,299
Luxembourg311:18,7274,129
United States Virgin Islands311:3,560588
Saint Pierre and Miquelon261:24659
Indonesia241:5,510,383253,014
Aruba231:4,499638
Wales231:134,5459,804
India181:42,614,743461,117
Monaco171:2,180111
China161:85,457,5984,750
Greece161:692,48777,522
Iceland151:25,3391,935
Austria141:608,24554,975
Northern Mariana Islands141:3,899389
Czechia131:817,95970,223
Hong Kong131:564,2683,428
Turkey131:5,986,263116,031
Antigua and Barbuda121:8,264893
Barbados121:23,9541,149
Hungary121:818,02342,199
Lebanon111:512,46212,816
Nicaragua111:547,3723,850
Poland111:3,455,341126,214
Scotland111:486,71119,179
Cameroon91:2,307,674112,590
Equatorial Guinea91:126,186322
Japan91:14,204,92146,388
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Belarus81:1,187,63277,603
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Tunisia81:76,32812,820
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Bermuda71:9,3261,286
Mozambique71:3,894,5104,234
Northern Ireland61:307,50612,899
Bulgaria61:1,163,15137,744
Nepal61:4,746,82612,065
Gabon51:377,8393,608
Pakistan51:35,728,777102,388
Romania51:4,015,57458,306
Vietnam51:18,529,2113,282
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Cyprus41:221,2198,471
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Madagascar41:5,912,4595,394
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Seychelles41:23,0981,012
Cayman Islands31:21,2981,488
Congo31:1,663,03227,638
Mali31:5,656,3454,022
Cape Verde21:264,8215,214
Ghana21:13,510,34623,679
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
Libya21:3,121,9876,135
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines21:56,3301,327
Slovenia21:1,243,83827,519
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Falkland Islands11:3,132317
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Guam11:160,1214,893
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Saint Martin11:35,156229
San Marino11:33,214932
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England451:541,67528,673
Jersey21:25,9413,069
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
Guernsey11:32,6562,283
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2081:241,43620,158

The alternate forms: Vidál (1) are calculated separately.

Vidal (111,088) may also be a first name.

Vidal Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Variant of Vial, life.

Common and popular surname found as name of village near Mondonedo. Derived from latin "vitalis" - life, living, vial.

Catalan name from Barcelona.

Spanish Surnames In The Southwestern United States (1978) by Richard Donovon Woods

French Protestant refugees, after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, 1685. The parent stock were, not many years since, resident at Montauban. The family seem to have ranged from the South of France to the North of Spain, and there are many of the name in Spanish America. The arms borne by the late Rt. Rev. Old Engish, Vidal, Bishop of Sierra Leone, and his immediate ancestors, indicate a Spanish rather than a French, origin.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

User-submitted Reference

Vidal means 'life'. Many Jewish families, especially those in Portugal and England, took on the Vidal name to mask the fact that they were Jewish.

- vnahley

Vidal Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Vidal Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Vidal (Arabic: فيدال, Hindi: विदल, Marathi: िवदल, Russian: Видаль) has its highest incidence in Brazil. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Vidál. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Vidal? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,036th most common family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,093 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Vidal live; 44 percent live in South America and 15 percent live in Iberian Europe. Vidal is also the 9,251st most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 111,088 people.

It is most widespread in Brazil, where it is borne by 75,363 people, or 1 in 2,841. In Brazil it is primarily concentrated in: São Paulo, where 18 percent live, Rio de Janeiro, where 13 percent live and Ceará, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Brazil it occurs in 154 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 14 percent live and Mexico, where 13 percent live.

Vidal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Vidal has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Vidal last name grew 8,858 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 2,153 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 1,100 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Wales it grew 2,300 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 1,100 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Vidal Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland, Orthodox (89%) in Russia and Greek Orthodox (40%) in Lebanon.

In The United States Vidal are 41.45% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 94.68% being registered with the party.

The amount Vidal earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 59.41% less than the national average, earning €12,189 per year; in Norway they earn 0.98% more than the national average, earning 349,474 kr per year; in Peru they earn 19.62% more than the national average, earning S/. 23,188 per year; in South Africa they earn 399.24% more than the national average, earning R 1,186,390 per year; in Colombia they earn 8.28% less than the national average, earning $20,822,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 6.7% less than the national average, earning $40,257 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.34% less than the national average, earning $47,528 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vidál931/
Vidale911,989/
Viddal91319/
Vaidal91101/
Visdal9179/
Vidahl9160/
Veidal9142/
Vidall9121/
Vidgal9118/
Vidalt918/
Vidhal916/
Vidaal916/
Videal916/
Viedal914/
Vidail911/
Voidal911/
Vidhale831,064/
Vidalle83137/
Vaidale8385/
Veidahl8375/
Veisdal8328/
Vidhall8315/
Vaidhal8310/
Viddale831/
Vidhail831/
Vistdal831/
Bidal801,963/
Vedal80436/
Fidal80126/
Vudal80112/
Vidol80102/
Widal8090/
Uidal804/
Vydal803/
Vjdal801/
Videault77142/
Vidalova772/
Visdhale771/
Vidalová771/
Baidal733,025/
Fidale73443/
Biedal73311/
Waidal73127/
Vidole7390/
Widahl7389/
Faidal7342/
Vedale7335/
Vedahl7334/
Huidal7332/
Bidale7327/
Buidal7327/
Boidal7326/
Vaydal7326/
Widall7321/
Fidail7319/
Vejdal7319/
Åvedal7319/
Vedhal7318/
Fiodal7316/
Weidal7315/
Widdal7313/
Vidhol7311/
Beidal739/
Wiedal736/
Fidhal735/
Feidal735/
Vedaul734/
Bidhal734/
Bhidal734/
Biddal733/
Vedall732/
Fiedal732/
Bidall731/
Bisdal731/
Vudall731/
Vudhal731/
Vajdal731/
Vedaal731/
Vedeal731/
Veydal731/
Woidal731/
Bideal731/
Bidald731/
Bidaul731/
Fiddal731/
Widald731/
Fidaul731/
Fidayl731/
Fisdal730/
Widdall67241/
Vidhole67165/
Waidhal6794/
Biddall6734/
Vidhold6732/
Weidall6727/
Bidalle6726/
Bhaidal6721/
Håvedal6721/
Baidale6717/
Bisdale6712/
Wiedall6711/
Weisdal6711/
Bidhale6710/
Boidale677/
Vestdal676/
Waidale675/
Widhale674/
Vedhale674/
Bidhail674/
Fisdale674/
Bhoidal674/
Wiodahl673/
Beidale672/
Beidall672/
Veedahl672/
Faidall672/
Phaidal672/
Faisdal672/
Baidall671/
Fiddall671/
Bheidal671/
Bhidale671/
Bhidhal671/
Bidalph671/
Bidhaul671/
Wiodall671/
Vaydale671/
Faidasl671/
Veidole671/
Waidaal671/
Wuidale671/
Bidautl671/
Bisdail671/
Baidail671/
Biodeal671/
Fiedail671/
Fiedall671/
Biddale670/
Wisdale670/
Bisdall670/
Bidahal670/
Widdale670/
Fisdall670/

Vidal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Vidal in the Marathi language
िवदलivadala66.67
िवडलivadala13.33
िंवदलinvadala6.67
िवदालivadala6.67
िवदळivadala6.67
Vidal in the Hindi language
विदलvidala62.5
विडालvidala12.5
विदालvidala6.25
विदलाvidala6.25
वीडालvidala6.25
विडलvidala6.25
Vidal in the Russian language
Видальvidal-
Vidal in the Arabic language
فيدالfydal-

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