The Vargo surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,787 people carried this name — #4,553 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 37,900 people counted. That is down 3% from 7,990 in 2000.

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In the Nordic population registers

26 people named Vargo is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 26

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

Vargo in American newspapers,
1915–1919.

Newspaper page from The Chattanooga News carrying the name Vargo
The Chattanooga News 1919-07-16
Newspaper page from The Telegraph-courier carrying the name Vargo
The Telegraph-courier 1915-08-26
Newspaper page from The Telegraph-courier carrying the name Vargo
The Telegraph-courier 1915-09-30

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,365 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Vargo in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1940s.

34 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Vargo. The most, 8, date from the 1940s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 16
Victoria 8
South Australia 4
Western Australia 3
Tasmania 2
ACT (Canberra) 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Vargo.

Who carried it

People named Vargo,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ed Vargo 1928–2008 · baseball umpire
  • Peter Vargo 1941–2017 · association football player

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

In the public record

People named Vargo,
in the records of 2 countries.

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 States923 records

923 records of the Vargo name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 451
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 353
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 66
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 25
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 19
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 4
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Alfred W. Vargo

    Born 1914 in Michigan. Enlisted 1943 at Kalamazoo; upholsterer from Kent County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Rosedale Memorial Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Janos Vargo

    Arrived at New York in 1904 aboard the Grosser Kurfurst from Cherbourg, aged 17; laborer. From Szepes Jakatfaln, Hungary.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Richard J. Vargo

    Born 1932; from Cuyahoga County, Ohio. U.S. Army, medical aidman; killed in action 1951 in South Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 923 records for Vargo in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Vargo name in Canada City of Calgary cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Rosalie Marie Vargo

    Buried in 1977 at St. Mary's Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 40.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Shirley Joyce Vargo

    Buried in 1945 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

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