The Varghese surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,013 people carried this name — #5,010 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 42,000 people counted. That is up 57% from 4,472 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Varghese surname

Borrowed from Malayalam വർഗീസ് (vaṟgīsŭ), from Classical Syriac ܓܝܘܪܓܝܣ (gēwargis), from Ancient Greek Γεώργιος (Geṓrgios).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Varghese» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

64 people named Varghese live in Switzerland.

They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.

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

Where they live today

Aargau 22
Zurich 17
Geneva 8
Basel-Landschaft 5
Appenzell Ausserrhoden 3
Solothurn 3
Schwyz 3
Vaud 3

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

43 people named Varghese is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 43

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).

In print

Varghese in American newspapers,
1891–1903.

Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Varghese
New-york Tribune 1891-08-31
Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Varghese
New-york Tribune 1903-11-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Varghese,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Béatrice Varghese d. 2007 · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Varghese,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States1 record

1 record of the Varghese name in the United States U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955
  1. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Puthenveetil Varghese

    Born 1921 in Mavelikara, India. Entered the United States at New York in 1947. Listed in the U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

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