The Vidale surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 106 people carried this name — #143,847 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted.
What the name means
The meaning of the Vidale surname
A habitational surname transferred from the given name.
From a variant of the personal name Vitale.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Vidale» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 103 people named Vidale.
31 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 33 people named Vidale 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
24 people named Vidale live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Thurgau.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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 Vidale,
with a public archive behind them.
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Piero Vidale 1902–1976 · conductor
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Piero Vidale 1902–1976 · conductor
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Rosemary Vidale 1931– · earth scientist
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Massimo Vidale 1956– · archaeologist
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Walter Vidale 1957– · basketball player
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John Vidale 1959– · researcher
Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Vidale.
- Vico 152 · U.S. census
- Victor 11,234 · U.S. census
- Victoria 6,989 · U.S. census
- Victorin 250 · U.S. census
- Victorine 303 · U.S. census
- Vidal 18,677 · U.S. census
- Videau 214 · U.S. census
- Vidoni 116 · U.S. census
- Vidor 163 · U.S. census
- Vidot 213 · U.S. census
- Vie 207 · U.S. census
- Vieau 650 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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