How common is the surname Varga?

6,201 people in the United States had the surname Varga in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,790 Americans. It ranked 5,608th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Varga?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Varga identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Varga?

Szabolcs Varga, association football player.

Where is the surname Varga most common?

Wikidata records people named Varga in Hungary.

Is the surname Varga getting more or less common?

More common. 5,912 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,201 in 2010, up 4.9%.

The surname Varga

A surname, carried by 6,201 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex V620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Varga is more common than 96.5% of them.

Origin

Multiple sources, including: * Hungarian Varga, from varga (“shoemaker”) * Spanish Varga, from toponyms * phonetic respelling of Polish Warga, from warga (“lip”)

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,201 people named Varga in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 49,790 Americans. That is up 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,912.

#5,608

rank among US surnames

6,201

people in 2010

2.1

per 100,000 Americans

+4.9%

change since 2000 (was #5,423)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,600	McSwain	6,213	49,693
#5,601	Chinn	6,211	49,709
#5,602	Yip	6,208	49,733
#5,603	Saravia	6,207	49,742
#5,604	Gabbard	6,205	49,758
#5,605	Watanabe	6,204	49,766
#5,606	Bae	6,203	49,774

Who is named Varga

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

90% of people named Varga identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.5%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Vargas

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Szabolcs Varga
Association football player, born 1995

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Vargha
Warga

Surnames that sound like Varga

Vargo

Varga has the Soundex code V620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V620.

Questions

Where does the surname Varga come from?: Multiple sources, including: * Hungarian Varga, from varga (“shoemaker”) * Spanish Varga, from toponyms * phonetic respelling of Polish Warga, from warga (“lip”)
How common is the surname Varga?: 6,201 people in the United States had the surname Varga in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,790 Americans. It ranked 5,608th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Varga?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Varga identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Varga?: Szabolcs Varga, association football player.
Where is the surname Varga most common?: Wikidata records people named Varga in Hungary.
Is the surname Varga getting more or less common?: More common. 5,912 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,201 in 2010, up 4.9%.
What are other spellings of Varga?: Vargha and Warga.