How common is the surname Varner?

18,081 people in the United States had the surname Varner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,076 Americans. It ranked 1,997th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Varner?

Jake Varner, American wrestler (born 1986), followed by Margaret Varner Bloss.

Where is the surname Varner most common?

Wikidata records people named Varner in the United States.

Is the surname Varner getting more or less common?

More common. 17,274 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,081 in 2010, up 4.7%.

The surname Varner

A surname, carried by 18,081 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex V656

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Varner is more common than 98.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 18,081 people named Varner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 17,076 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 17,274.

#1,997

rank among US surnames

18,081

people in 2010

6.1

per 100,000 Americans

+4.7%

change since 2000 (was #1,910)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,989	Cao	18,138	17,022
#1,990	Dickens	18,123	17,036
#1,991	Judd	18,110	17,048
#1,992	Barbosa	18,106	17,052
#1,993	Hawley	18,100	17,058
#1,994	Rahman	18,097	17,061
#1,995	Crenshaw	18,096	17,062

Who is named Varner

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

81% of people named Varner identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Black (not Hispanic) 14%
Two or more races 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Varners

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jake Varner
American wrestler (born 1986)
Margaret Varner Bloss
Badminton, squash and tennis player, born 1927

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Varner

Verner

Varner has the Soundex code V656, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V656.

Questions

How common is the surname Varner?: 18,081 people in the United States had the surname Varner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,076 Americans. It ranked 1,997th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Varner?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Varner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Varner?: Jake Varner, American wrestler (born 1986), followed by Margaret Varner Bloss.
Where is the surname Varner most common?: Wikidata records people named Varner in the United States.
Is the surname Varner getting more or less common?: More common. 17,274 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,081 in 2010, up 4.7%.