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:

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]

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Notes and References

  1. https://jewishgen.org/databases/sephardic/SephardimComNames.html The Jeff Malka Sephardic Collection: Sephardim.com Namelist
  2. http://forebears.co.uk/surnames/vargas#surnames Vargas surname distribution