Vargas (surname)
Vargas is a Spanish surname of Castilian origin. The founder of the house was Ivan de Vargas who fought as a knight in the reconquest of Madrid, in 1083, at service of Alfonso VI of León and Castile.
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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:[1]
- 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.
- 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
- Fred Vargas, French writer
- Gabriel Vargas, Mexican painter and cartoonist
- 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
- Ibrahim Vargas, first governor of the Republic of Salé
- Alfred Vargas, Filipino politician and congressman of 5th district, Quezon City
- Antonio Vargas, Ecuadorian politician
- Cortés Vargas (1883–1954), Colombian general
- 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
- 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 David Vargas Villalba, Paraguayan footballer
- Claudio Vargas, Vaqueros Laguna pitcher
- 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
- Jason Vargas, Philadelphia Phillies pitcher
- Jefferson Vargas, Colombian road cyclist
- Jorge Francisco Vargas, Chilean footballer
- Kennys Vargas, Puerto Rican professional baseball player
- Miguel Rodrigo Vargas, Portuguese footballer
- Juan Manuel Vargas, Peruvian footballer
- Óscar Vargas (cyclist), Colombian road cyclist
- Nélson Vargas, Colombian road cyclist
- Rodrigo Vargas, Chilean-Australian footballer
- Ronald Vargas, Venezuelan 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
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