The Vargas surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 123,952 people carried this name — #221 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,180 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
675 people named Vargas live in Switzerland.
They live in 19 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 529 people named Vargas.
Most of them — 306 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 44 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
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 print
Vargas in American newspapers,
1897–1954.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 44,242 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Vargas.
- Vaquez 293 · U.S. census
- Var 167 · U.S. census
- Vardon 141 · U.S. census
- Vare 154 · U.S. census
- Varela 19,672 · U.S. census
- Varga 5,912 · U.S. census
- Varin 615 · U.S. census
- Varis 110 · U.S. census
- Varney 8,563 · U.S. census
- Varo 231 · U.S. census
- Varon 1,047 · U.S. census
- Vartanian 1,921 · U.S. census
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