The Varga surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,201 people carried this name — #5,608 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 47,600 people counted. That is up 5% from 5,912 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,477 people named Varga 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
847 people named Varga live in Switzerland.
They live in 21 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 238 people named Varga.
Most of them — 168 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Bas-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 Belgium’s population register
At least 223 people named Varga 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 Poland’s population register
44 people named Varga have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 840 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 6 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
539 people named Varga are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Varga in American newspapers,
1901–1956.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 44,242 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Varga,
with a public archive behind them.
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Katalin Varga 1802– · activist -
Ferenc Varga 1835–1908 · veterinarian -
János Varga 1846–1881 · lawyer -
Vilma Varga 1865–1950 · pianist -
Eugen Varga 1879–1964 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 199 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Varga.
- Vaquero 1,462 · U.S. census
- Vaquez 389 · U.S. census
- Var 246 · U.S. census
- Vardon 131 · U.S. census
- Vare 132 · U.S. census
- Varela 26,621 · U.S. census
- Vargas 173,835 · U.S. census
- Varin 617 · U.S. census
- Varis 110 · U.S. census
- Varney 8,502 · U.S. census
- Varo 336 · U.S. census
- Varon 902 · U.S. census
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