Vargas

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Варгас in UA Ukraine, RU Russia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Vargas is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English surname1.5M records spelled Vargas33 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Peru, Costa Rica, Ecuador

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Varga-S, Värgäs, Vârgâs, Värgas, Vârgäs

• a separate surname140K records spelled Vargas4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, Bolivia, United Kingdom

  Also written Varga-S, Várgas

• Lao surname25K records spelled Vargas34 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, United States, Thailand, Peru

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written Värgäs, วาร์กัส, Vargas', Várgás, Vârgâs

• Indonesian surname13K records spelled Vargas3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Peru, Philippines, United States, Indonesia

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Văřğäş

• Hungarian surname12K records spelled Vargas7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Peru, Hungary, United States, Spain

  Also written Várgás, Värgãs, Vąřğăs, Vãŕgãś, Vârgäs

75 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Vargas is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Toledo, Amsterdam, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, Faro, Portugal, México; Spain; before 1492

  as a name·Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

• In Filipino, a surname from Spanish, common in Metro Manila, Cavite, Quezon, Rizal and Laguna

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In bik, a surname from Spanish, common in Camarines Sur and Catanduanes

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Estonian, inessive singular of varas

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Lithuanian, hardship

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 125 years between 1900–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Getúlio Vargasb. 1882BRPresident of Brazil (1930–1945; 1951–1954)
• Chavela Vargasb. 1919MXMexican singer (1919–2012)
• Virgilio Barco Vargasb. 1921COPresident of Colombia (1986-1990)
• Teresa Berganzab. 1935ESnot in their usual nameSpanish mezzo-soprano
• Mario Vargas Llosab. 1936PEPeruvian, Spanish and Dominican novelist and writer (1936–2025)
• Germán Vargas Llerasb. 1962CO10th Vice President of Colombia (2014–2017)
• Jacob Vargasb. 1971MXAmerican actor (1971-)
• Eduardo Vargasb. 1989CLChilean association football player (born 1989)
• Laura Vargas Kochb. 1990DEGerman judoka
• Ruben Vargasb. 1998CHSwiss association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 192 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Vargas?

We estimate roughly 930 thousand people bear Vargas (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Vargas have the most bearers?

Vargas is most frequently recorded in Mexico, where it is most often spelled vargas.

Where is Vargas most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Vargas is densest in Costa Rica — about 1 in 37 people — even though Mexico holds more of our records for it.

How common is Vargas compared with other names?

In Mexico, Vargas is the 39th most common surname of 198,716 surnames recorded there.

What does the name Vargas mean?

Recorded meaning: Person who lives by huts, steep slopes, or a wet enclosed pasture, or person from Vargas, Spain.