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    The surname Varela

    A Galician surname, carried by 26,621 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex V640

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Varela is more common than 99.2% of them.

    Origin

    Galician origin

    A surname from Galician.

    One of 34 Galician surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 26,621 people named Varela in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 11,598 Americans. That is up 35% since 2000, when the Census counted 19,672.

    #1,321
    rank among US surnames
    26,621
    people in 2010
    9.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +35.3%
    change since 2000 (was #1,664)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #1,312Burris26,76011,538
    #1,313Whitley26,73211,550
    #1,314Hamm26,72611,552
    #1,315Bland26,72211,554
    #1,316Bermudez26,69111,567
    #1,317Stinson26,68111,572
    #1,318Pike26,65511,583

    Who is named Varela

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    90% of people named Varela identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.4% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 90%
    • White (not Hispanic) 7.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    • Two or more races 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Varelas

    6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Juan Carlos Varela
      50th president of Panama, born 1963
    • Federico Varela
      Argentinian association football player, born 1996
    • Adriana Varela
      Argentine singer, born 1952
    • Fagundes Varela
      Brazilian poet (1841–1875)
    • Alfredo Varela
      Argentinian writer (1914-1984)
    • Amanda Varela
      Argentinian actor (1911-2000)

    Notable Varelas come mostly from Argentina (4), Panama (1) and Brazil (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Varela

    Varela has the Soundex code V640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V640.

    Other Galician surnames

    All 34 Galician surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Varela come from?
    Varela is Galician in origin.
    How common is the surname Varela?
    26,621 people in the United States had the surname Varela in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,598 Americans. It ranked 1,321st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Varela?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Varela identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.4% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Varela?
    Juan Carlos Varela, 50th president of Panama, followed by Federico Varela.
    Where is the surname Varela most common?
    Wikidata records people named Varela in Argentina, Panama and Brazil.
    Is the surname Varela getting more or less common?
    More common. 19,672 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 26,621 in 2010, up 35%.