# Varley (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/varley/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,068 |
| US rank (2010) | 14,447 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 149,297 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.7% (2,103 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Varley in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Varley in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Varley

- John Varley, American science fiction author (1947–2025)
- William Varley, American rower (1880-1968)
- John Varley, British artist (1778–1842)
- Lynn Varley, American comic book colorist (born 1958)
- C. F. Varley, British engineer and inventor (1828–1883)

## Similar surnames

Varela, Verrill.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.