Vargas (surname) explained
| Vargas |
| Coat Of Arms: | Vargas.svg |
| Origin: | Spain |
Vargas is a Spanish surname of Castilian origin. The founder of the house was Iván de Martin who fought as a knight in the reconquest of Madrid, in 1083, in the service of Alfonso VI of León and Castile.
The surname is also a Sephardic Jewish surname with the family Vargas emanating from the once existing Jewish community of Cantabria, Spain.[1] Descendants of this family now live across Spain and Latin America.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 22.2% of all known bearers of the surname Vargas were residents of Mexico. Listing of frequency:
- Mexico 22.2% (frequency 1:260)
- Colombia 15.6% (1:142)
- Peru, 7.5% (1:196)
- United States, 6.7% (1:2,502)
- Bolivia, 6.4% (1:77)
- Venezuela, 6.2% (1:225)
- Chile, 4.5% (1:183)
- Costa Rica, 4.3% (1:51)
- Brazil, 4.2% (1:2,249)
- Argentina, 3.9% (1:511)
- Philippines, 3.2% (1:1,457)
- Dominican Republic, 2.7% (1:182)
- Spain, 2.5% (1:863)
- Ecuador, 2.5% (1:295)
- Guatemala, 1.5% (1:498)
- Nicaragua, 1.2% (1:237).
In Spain, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:863) in the following autonomous communities:
In Costa Rica, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:51) in the following provinces:[2]
Acting
Finance
Music and arts
- Alberto Vargas, Peruvian painter of pin-up girls and erotica
- Álvaro Vargas Llosa, Peruvian writer, son of Mario Vargas Llosa
- Andrés de Vargas, Spanish painter
- Chavela Vargas, Costa Rican singer
- Eugenia Vargas, Chilean artist
- Fred Vargas, French writer
- Gabriel Vargas (disambiguation), list of people with the name
- Jose Antonio Vargas, Filipino-American journalist
- José María Vargas (historian), Ecuadorian friar and writer
- Luis de Vargas (1502–1568), Spanish painter of the late-Renaissance period
- Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian writer, politician and Nobel Prize laureate
- Mary Belle de Vargas, American artist
- Mónica Vargas Celis, Mexican film and television producer
- Pedro Vargas, Mexican singer
- Vania Vargas (born 1978), Guatemalan poet, narrator, editor, and journalist
- Wilfrido Vargas, Dominican musician
- Antonio Vargas Cortés, Spanish male flamenco singer
Politics
- Alfred Vargas, Filipino politician and congressman of 5th district, Quezon City
- Antonio Vargas, Ecuadorian politician
- Cortés Vargas (1883 - 1954), Colombian general
- Danny Vargas Serrano (born 1979), member of the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica
- Diego Vargas Castillo (born 2000), Chilean politician
- Diego de Vargas, Spanish viceroy of New Spain
- Dior Vargas American Latina feminist mental health activist
- Francisco de Vargas, Paraguayan lawyer and minister
- Getúlio Vargas (1882 - 1954), Brazilian president
- Gloria Maira Vargas (born 1958), Chilean economist and politician
- José Augusto Vargas, Peruvian congressman
- José María Vargas, Venezuelan president
- Juan Vargas, United States politician
- Julián García Vargas, Spanish politician
- Miguel Vargas Maldonado, Dominican politician
- Virgilio Barco Vargas, Colombian president
Sciences
- Virginia Vargas (born 1945), Peruvian sociologist and women's movement leader
Sports
- Akeem Vargas, German basketball player
- Annerys Vargas, Dominican Republic volleyball player
- Claudio Vargas, Vaqueros Laguna pitcher
- Claudio David Vargas Villalba, Paraguayan footballer
- Debbie Green-Vargas, women's volleyball setter
- Eduardo Vargas, Chilean footballer
- Eleucadia Vargas, Dominican Republic judoka
- Fabián Andrés Vargas, Colombian footballer
- Fernando Vargas, boxer
- Freddy Vargas, Venezuelan road cyclist
- Gonzalo Vargas, Uruguayan footballer
- Gregorio Vargas, Mexican boxer
- Gregory Vargas (born 1986), Venezuelan basketball player
- Ildemaro Vargas (born 1991), Venezuelan baseball player
- Jason Vargas, American baseball player
- Juan Manuel Vargas, Peruvian footballer
- Jefferson Vargas, Colombian road cyclist
- Jorge Francisco Vargas, Chilean footballer
- Kennys Vargas, Puerto Rican professional baseball player
- Melissa Vargas, Cuban-born, Turkish volleyballer
- Miguel Vargas (baseball), Cuban baseball player
- Miguel Rodrigo Vargas, Portuguese footballer
- Orestes Rodríguez Vargas, Peruvian and Spanish chess grandmaster
- Óscar Vargas (cyclist), Colombian road cyclist
- Nélson Vargas, Colombian road cyclist
- Rodrigo Vargas (disambiguation)
- Ronald Vargas, Venezuelan footballer
- Ryan Vargas, American racing driver
- Tetelo Vargas, Dominican Republic baseball player
Crime
See also
Notes and References
- https://jewishgen.org/databases/sephardic/SephardimComNames.html The Jeff Malka Sephardic Collection: Sephardim.com Namelist
- http://forebears.co.uk/surnames/vargas#surnames Vargas surname distribution
