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    The surname Varnado

    A surname, carried by 3,597 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex V653

    Varnado: #9,085 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Varnado #9,085, 3,597 people Varnado: #9,085 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Varnado #9,085, 3,597 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Varnado is more common than 94.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,597 people named Varnado in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 85,834 Americans. That is up 9.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,277.

    #9,085
    rank among US surnames
    3,597
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.8%
    change since 2000 (was #9,154)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,080Bellows3,60185,739
    #9,081Lindahl3,59985,786
    #9,084Polo3,59885,810
    #9,085Varnado3,59785,834
    #9,088Whitesell3,59685,858
    #9,090Nice3,59585,882
    #9,092Dart3,59485,906

    Who is named Varnado

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

    51% of people named Varnado identified as Black (not Hispanic), 44% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 51%
    • White (not Hispanic) 44%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Varnados

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jarvis Varnado
      American basketball player (born 1988)
    • Victor Varnado
      American actor, born 1969

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Varnado

    Varnado has the Soundex code V653, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V653.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Varnado?
    3,597 people in the United States had the surname Varnado in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 85,834 Americans. It ranked 9,085th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Varnado?
    In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Varnado identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 44% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Varnado?
    Jarvis Varnado, American basketball player (born 1988), followed by Victor Varnado.
    Where is the surname Varnado most common?
    Wikidata records people named Varnado in the United States.
    Is the surname Varnado getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,277 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,597 in 2010, up 9.8%.