How common is the surname Varney?

8,502 people in the United States had the surname Varney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,314 Americans. It ranked 4,169th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Varney?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Varney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Varney?

Jim Varney, American actor and comedian (1949–2000), followed by Janet Varney.

Where is the surname Varney most common?

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

Is the surname Varney getting more or less common?

Less common. 8,563 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,502 in 2010, down 0.7%.

The surname Varney

A surname, carried by 8,502 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex V650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Varney is more common than 97.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,502 people named Varney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,314 Americans. That is down 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,563.

#4,169

rank among US surnames

8,502

people in 2010

2.9

per 100,000 Americans

-0.7%

change since 2000 (was #3,802)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,160	Elliot	8,518	36,246
#4,162	Fullerton	8,517	36,251
#4,163	Sharkey	8,514	36,263
#4,164	Schulze	8,509	36,285
#4,165	Shumaker	8,508	36,289
#4,167	Bontrager	8,507	36,293
#4,168	Hargis	8,503	36,310

Who is named Varney

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

95% of people named Varney identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Varneys

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jim Varney
American actor and comedian (1949–2000)
Janet Varney
American actress (1976-)
Reg Varney
British actor (1916–2008)
Mike Varney
American record producer, born 2000

Notable Varneys come mostly from the United States (3) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Varney

Varona

Varney has the Soundex code V650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V650.

Questions

How common is the surname Varney?: 8,502 people in the United States had the surname Varney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,314 Americans. It ranked 4,169th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Varney?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Varney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Varney?: Jim Varney, American actor and comedian (1949–2000), followed by Janet Varney.
Where is the surname Varney most common?: Wikidata records people named Varney in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Is the surname Varney getting more or less common?: Less common. 8,563 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,502 in 2010, down 0.7%.