Vidal Surname
Approximately 517,090 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameVidal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 75,363 | 1:2,841 | 259 |
| Spain | 73,424 | 1:637 | 54 |
| Mexico | 68,864 | 1:1,802 | 260 |
| France | 57,856 | 1:1,148 | 46 |
| Chile | 46,830 | 1:376 | 75 |
| Colombia | 28,243 | 1:1,692 | 332 |
| Philippines | 27,858 | 1:3,634 | 270 |
| Argentina | 25,853 | 1:1,653 | 220 |
| Peru | 21,057 | 1:1,509 | 246 |
| United States | 18,425 | 1:19,672 | 2,479 |
| Cuba | 11,954 | 1:964 | 167 |
| Bolivia | 11,455 | 1:927 | 191 |
| Dominican Republic | 10,323 | 1:1,011 | 175 |
| Venezuela | 7,623 | 1:3,962 | 542 |
| Uruguay | 5,161 | 1:665 | 73 |
| Portugal | 4,756 | 1:2,191 | 316 |
| Ecuador | 4,672 | 1:3,405 | 585 |
| Guatemala | 2,449 | 1:6,567 | 832 |
| Canada | 1,564 | 1:23,559 | 3,203 |
| England | 969 | 1:57,501 | 6,921 |
| El Salvador | 930 | 1:6,821 | 578 |
| Saudi Arabia | 835 | 1:36,953 | 5,288 |
| Italy | 769 | 1:79,528 | 13,898 |
| Dominica | 711 | 1:107 | 18 |
| Puerto Rico | 711 | 1:4,993 | 338 |
| Paraguay | 668 | 1:10,833 | 579 |
| Honduras | 651 | 1:13,543 | 725 |
| Panama | 577 | 1:6,780 | 715 |
| Jamaica | 532 | 1:5,395 | 694 |
| Costa Rica | 485 | 1:9,856 | 499 |
| Germany | 482 | 1:167,024 | 19,753 |
| Chad | 481 | 1:28,258 | 3,335 |
| Belgium | 456 | 1:25,212 | 3,993 |
| Morocco | 443 | 1:77,824 | 13,257 |
| Switzerland | 432 | 1:19,011 | 3,092 |
| Andorra | 406 | 1:206 | 23 |
| Australia | 324 | 1:83,320 | 9,655 |
| Thailand | 233 | 1:303,169 | 52,285 |
| New Caledonia | 135 | 1:2,046 | 184 |
| Singapore | 128 | 1:43,029 | 1,626 |
| French Polynesia | 117 | 1:2,400 | 486 |
| Saint Lucia | 112 | 1:1,596 | 292 |
| Belize | 107 | 1:3,322 | 665 |
| Israel | 107 | 1:79,978 | 9,667 |
| Netherlands | 105 | 1:160,830 | 23,699 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 104 | 1:13,115 | 1,725 |
| Russia | 85 | 1:1,695,565 | 111,577 |
| Sweden | 85 | 1:115,844 | 8,286 |
| Malta | 84 | 1:5,122 | 348 |
| Angola | 78 | 1:346,016 | 2,319 |
| New Zealand | 71 | 1:63,779 | 9,777 |
| Nigeria | 51 | 1:3,473,387 | 102,969 |
| Norway | 51 | 1:100,829 | 13,689 |
| Kuwait | 48 | 1:79,181 | 9,331 |
| Senegal | 45 | 1:323,985 | 1,734 |
| Ireland | 44 | 1:107,021 | 5,562 |
| Taiwan | 39 | 1:601,147 | 4,434 |
| South Africa | 33 | 1:1,641,749 | 81,435 |
| Denmark | 31 | 1:182,088 | 15,299 |
| Luxembourg | 31 | 1:18,727 | 4,129 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 31 | 1:3,560 | 588 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 26 | 1:246 | 59 |
| Indonesia | 24 | 1:5,510,383 | 253,014 |
| Aruba | 23 | 1:4,499 | 638 |
| Wales | 23 | 1:134,545 | 9,804 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| Monaco | 17 | 1:2,180 | 111 |
| China | 16 | 1:85,457,598 | 4,750 |
| Greece | 16 | 1:692,487 | 77,522 |
| Iceland | 15 | 1:25,339 | 1,935 |
| Austria | 14 | 1:608,245 | 54,975 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 14 | 1:3,899 | 389 |
| Czechia | 13 | 1:817,959 | 70,223 |
| Hong Kong | 13 | 1:564,268 | 3,428 |
| Turkey | 13 | 1:5,986,263 | 116,031 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 12 | 1:8,264 | 893 |
| Barbados | 12 | 1:23,954 | 1,149 |
| Hungary | 12 | 1:818,023 | 42,199 |
| Lebanon | 11 | 1:512,462 | 12,816 |
| Nicaragua | 11 | 1:547,372 | 3,850 |
| Poland | 11 | 1:3,455,341 | 126,214 |
| Scotland | 11 | 1:486,711 | 19,179 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 9 | 1:126,186 | 322 |
| Japan | 9 | 1:14,204,921 | 46,388 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Belarus | 8 | 1:1,187,632 | 77,603 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Tunisia | 8 | 1:76,328 | 12,820 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Bermuda | 7 | 1:9,326 | 1,286 |
| Mozambique | 7 | 1:3,894,510 | 4,234 |
| Northern Ireland | 6 | 1:307,506 | 12,899 |
| Bulgaria | 6 | 1:1,163,151 | 37,744 |
| Nepal | 6 | 1:4,746,826 | 12,065 |
| Gabon | 5 | 1:377,839 | 3,608 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Romania | 5 | 1:4,015,574 | 58,306 |
| Vietnam | 5 | 1:18,529,211 | 3,282 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Cyprus | 4 | 1:221,219 | 8,471 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Seychelles | 4 | 1:23,098 | 1,012 |
| Cayman Islands | 3 | 1:21,298 | 1,488 |
| Congo | 3 | 1:1,663,032 | 27,638 |
| Mali | 3 | 1:5,656,345 | 4,022 |
| Cape Verde | 2 | 1:264,821 | 5,214 |
| Ghana | 2 | 1:13,510,346 | 23,679 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Libya | 2 | 1:3,121,987 | 6,135 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2 | 1:56,330 | 1,327 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 1:1,243,838 | 27,519 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Falkland Islands | 1 | 1:3,132 | 317 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Saint Martin | 1 | 1:35,156 | 229 |
| San Marino | 1 | 1:33,214 | 932 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,107,467 | 26,093 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 45 | 1:541,675 | 28,673 |
| Jersey | 2 | 1:25,941 | 3,069 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:32,656 | 2,283 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 208 | 1:241,436 | 20,158 |
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.
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.
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.
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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
Vidal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vidal in the Marathi language | ||
| िवदल | ivadala | 66.67 |
| िवडल | ivadala | 13.33 |
| िंवदल | invadala | 6.67 |
| िवदाल | ivadala | 6.67 |
| िवदळ | ivadala | 6.67 |
| Vidal in the Hindi language | ||
| विदल | vidala | 62.5 |
| विडाल | vidala | 12.5 |
| विदाल | vidala | 6.25 |
| विदला | vidala | 6.25 |
| वीडाल | vidala | 6.25 |
| विडल | vidala | 6.25 |
| Vidal in the Russian language | ||
| Видаль | vidal | - |
| Vidal in the Arabic language | ||
| فيدال | fydal | - |
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