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The surname Varughese

A Malayalam surname, carried by 2,044 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex V622

Varughese: #14,571 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Varughese #14,571, 2,044 people Varughese: #14,571 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Varughese #14,571, 2,044 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Varughese is more common than 91% of them.

Origin

Malayalam origin

Variant of Varghese.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,044 people named Varughese in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 151,050 Americans. That is up 47% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,393.

#14,571
rank among US surnames
2,044
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+46.7%
change since 2000 (was #18,345)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#14,564Copas2,046150,902
#14,570Amy2,045150,976
#14,571Varughese2,044151,050
#14,579Boysen2,043151,124

Who is named Varughese

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

95% of people named Varughese identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.0% as two or more races and 1.8% as white (not Hispanic).

  • Asian and Pacific Islander 95%
  • Two or more races 2.0%
  • White (not Hispanic) 1.8%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Hispanic are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Varughese

Varughese has the Soundex code V622, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V622.

Questions

Where does the surname Varughese come from?
Variant of Varghese.
How common is the surname Varughese?
2,044 people in the United States had the surname Varughese in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 151,050 Americans. It ranked 14,571st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Varughese?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Varughese identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.0% as two or more races.
Is the surname Varughese getting more or less common?
More common. 1,393 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,044 in 2010, up 47%.