Vargas Family History
Vargas Name Meaning
Spanish and Portuguese: habitational name from Vargas in Santander
province, or a topographic name from vargas, plural of
varga, a dialect term used in various senses: ‘(thatched) hut’,
‘steep slope’, or ‘fenced pastureland which becomes waterlogged in
winter’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Vargas
Name Distribution of Vargas Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Vargas families
 158 - 314  53 - 157 |
 1 - 52  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Vargas families
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4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Vargas Family Origin
Vargas Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Vargas
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Vargas Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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