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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 map

Where they were born

Born outside France 1,355
Hérault 2,086
Aude 1,109
Paris 1,075
Pyrénées-Orientales 1,066
Tarn 1,021
Gard 995
Aveyron 844
Haute-Garonne 723

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 map

Where they live today

Geneva 130
Vaud 128
Zurich 104
Valais 51
Bern 47
Fribourg 45
Basel-Stadt 32
Aargau 26

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

Brussels-Capital 30
Antwerp 25
Flemish Brabant 23
Liège 19
East Flanders 6

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.

Newspaper page from The Ely Miner carrying the name Vidal
The Ely Miner 1899-03-01
Newspaper page from St. Paul Tidende carrying the name Vidal
St. Paul Tidende 1904-02-26
Newspaper page from The Parker Post carrying the name Vidal
The Parker Post 1913-08-30

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.

  • André Vidal de Negreiros
    André Vidal de Negreiros 1606–1680 · military personnel
  • Emeric Essex Vidal
    Emeric Essex Vidal 1791–1861 · engraver
  • François Vidal
    François Vidal 1812–1872 · lawyer
  • Francesc de Sales Vidal i Torrents
    Francesc de Sales Vidal i Torrents 1819–1875 · writer
  • Alexander Vidal
    Alexander Vidal 1819–1906 · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 207 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Vidal is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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