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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:
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
References