as a Last Name
- 121,044
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Vargas
Meaning & Origins
Spanish and Portuguese: habitational name from Vargas in Santander province, or a topographic name from vargas, plural of varga, a dialect term used in various senses: ‘(thatched) hut’, ‘steep slope’, or ‘fenced pastureland which becomes waterlogged in winter’.
| 248th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 121,044
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Puerto Rico
- has the most people named Vargas per capita
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