Vargas (surname)

Vargas
Place of 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.^[citation needed]

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:

• 1. Andalusia (1:419)
• 2. Extremadura (1:445)
• 3. Balearic Islands (1:781)
• 4. Canary Islands (1:812)
• 5. Community of Madrid (1:850)

In Costa Rica, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:51) in the following provinces:[2]

• 1. Heredia Province (1:40)
• 2. Alajuela Province (1:41)
• 3. San José Province (1:49)

Acting

• Alfred Vargas, Filipino actor
• Elizabeth Vargas, ABC News anchor
• Jacob Vargas, Mexican-American actor
• Sibila Vargas, CNN reporter
• Taliana Vargas, Colombian. First Runner up in Miss Universe 2008.
• Tuesday Vargas, Filipino actor and singer
• Valentina Vargas, Chilean actress
• Vic Vargas, Filipino, film actor

Finance

• Victor Vargas, lawyer and owner of the Banco Occidental de Descuento
• Marie Marguerite, Duchess of Anjou, born María Margarita de Vargas y Santaella

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

Religion

• Juan Vargas Aruquipa (born 1947), Bolivian Roman Catholic bishop

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
• Rubén Vargas, Swiss footballer
• Ryan Vargas, American racing driver
• Tetelo Vargas, Dominican Republic baseball player

Crime

• Dorángel Vargas (born 1957), Venezuelan serial killer and cannibal
• Leonidas Vargas (1949–2009), Colombian drug lord
• Nabor Vargas García (born 1976), Mexican drug lord

See also

• Vargas (disambiguation)

References

1. The Jeff Malka Sephardic Collection: Sephardim.com Namelist. Jewishgen (2024).
2. Vargas surname distribution