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The Nadal surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,211 people carried this name — #21,553 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 243,900 people counted. That is up 2% from 1,186 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Nadal surname

From Romance (French Nadal (“Occitan Nadal”), Spanish Nadal (“Catalan Nadal, Occitan Nadal”), Italian Nadal (“Venetan Nadal”)). From Latin natalis (“birth, birthday”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Nadal» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 3,180 people named Nadal live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 1,097
Tucumán 647
City of Buenos Aires 237
Córdoba 236
Santa Fe 213
Mendoza 188
Salta 120
Entre Ríos 89

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,890 people named Nadal.

299 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 79 départements, most often Dordogne.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 299
Dordogne 261
Gard 145
Hérault 142
Gironde 106
Paris 102
Haute-Garonne 62
Pyrénées-Orientales 53
Lot 52

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

54 people named Nadal live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Vaud 28
Zurich 9
Bern 7
Geneva 7
Schaffhausen 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

Who carried it

People named Nadal,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jeroni Nadal
    Jeroni Nadal 1507–1580 · Catholic priest
  • Fernand Nadal d. 2000 · photographer
  • René Nadal d. 1939
  • Vicent Nadal i Sanxo d. 1630
  • Rafael Nadal 300– · model
  • Miquel Nadal 1450–1457 · painter

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Nadal.

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