Vare surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Vare surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 132 people carried this name — #129,047 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is down 14% from 154 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 170 people named Vare.

1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 départements, most often Oise.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 1
Oise 50
Pas-de-Calais 29
Paris 21
Yvelines 8
Doubs 8
Bouches-du-Rhône 8
Tarn-et-Garonne 6
Meuse 5

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

44 people named Vare live in Switzerland.

They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Jura.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Jura 32
Vaud 8
Fribourg 4

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.

In the Nordic population registers

641 people named Vare is counted in Finland.

Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.

Counted, by country

Finland (2026) 641

Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Vare,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William Scott Vare
    William Scott Vare 1867–1934 · politician
  • Edwin H. Vare 1862–1922 · politician
  • Flora M. Vare 1874–1962 · politician
  • Olli Vare 1900–1993 · actor
  • Edwin H. Vare Jr. 1900–1975
  • Raivo Vare 1910–1982 · painter

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Vare.

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