The Vidal surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 13,867 people carried this name — #2,395 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 19,500 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 19,209 people named Vidal.
1,355 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 103 départements, most often Hérault.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
698 people named Vidal live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 103 people named Vidal live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Vidal in American newspapers,
1886–1957.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,798,817 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Vidal,
with a public archive behind them.
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André Vidal de Negreiros 1606–1680 · military personnel -
Emeric Essex Vidal 1791–1861 · engraver -
François Vidal 1812–1872 · lawyer -
Francesc de Sales Vidal i Torrents 1819–1875 · writer -
Alexander Vidal 1819–1906 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 207 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Vidal.
- Vicini 377 · U.S. census
- Vico 134 · U.S. census
- Victor 10,015 · U.S. census
- Victoria 4,899 · U.S. census
- Victorin 211 · U.S. census
- Victorine 267 · U.S. census
- Vidale 106 · U.S. census
- Videau 202 · U.S. census
- Vidoni 124 · U.S. census
- Vidor 159 · U.S. census
- Vidot 196 · U.S. census
- Vie 176 · U.S. census
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