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Early Origins of the Vida family

The surname Vida was first found in Catalonia, in northeastern Spain.

Early History of the Vida family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Vida research. Another 159 words (11 lines of text) covering the years 1469, 1568, 1586, 1597 and 1821 are included under the topic Early Vida History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Vida Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Vidaurri, Vidaure, Vidore, Vidi, Vido, Vida, Vitellaro, Vidolo, Vidulli, Vidotti, Vitamore, Fidaurri, Fidore and many more.

Early Notables of the Vida family

Prominent among members of the family

  • the Vidaurri family of Catalonia

Vida Ranking

In the United States, the name Vida is the 15,309th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1


United States Vida migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Vida Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • M Vida, aged 42, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1855 2
  • Fernando Vida, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1870 2
  • Juan Vida, who landed in New Granada in 1876 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Vida (post 1700) +

  • Robert Vida, American Republican politician, Candidate in primary for Michigan State House of Representatives 51st District, 1978 3
  • Marco Girolamo Vida (1480-1566), Latin poet
  • Vida Rochelle Blue Jr. (1949-2023), American Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher who won three consecutive World Series championships from 1972 to 1974, the American League (AL) Cy Young Award and Most Valuable Player Award in 1971
  • Vida Chenoweth (b. 1929), the first American professional solo classical marimbist
  • Vida Benavides, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 2000, 2004


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  3. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 11) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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