Varu is a surname of Indian origin, found among the people from Kutch and Saurashtra regions in the state of Gujarat in India and diaspora of people of India.[1] Outside India, Varu surname occurs in people of United Kingdom, Papua New Guinea, Cook Islands & Canada.[1]
In Bijapur district of erstwhile Bombay Presidency (today's Karnataka) the Varu surname was found among Parits, a community of washer-men, as noted by Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency in year 1884.[2]
Presently in India surname is largely found in communities of Gujarat like Mistris of Kutch,[3] Gurjar Kshatriya Kadias, Kadia Kumbhar.[4]