The Zaidi surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,738 people carried this name — #15,470 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 156,300 people counted.
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In Belgium’s population register
At least 442 people named Zaidi 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 412 people named Zaidi.
Most of them — 212 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Seine-Saint-Denis.
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
51 people named Zaidi live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 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
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.
Who carried it
People named Zaidi,
with a public archive behind them.
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Shama Zaidi 1938– · screenwriter -
Anita Zaidi 1967– · physician -
Hussain Zaidi 1968– · screenwriter -
Zeeshan Zaidi 1974– · composer -
Yumna Zaidi 1989– · model
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 37 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Zaidi.
- Zahn 6,063 · U.S. census
- Zahnd 266 · U.S. census
- Zahner 1,239 · U.S. census
- Zahra 392 · U.S. census
- Zaia 326 · U.S. census
- Zaid 378 · U.S. census
- Zaiter 127 · U.S. census
- Zajac 5,135 · U.S. census
- Zak 5,168 · U.S. census
- Zakarian 696 · U.S. census
- Zaki 898 · U.S. census
- Zakrzewski 2,039 · U.S. census
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