Find out how popular the last name DeVargas is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named DeVargas.

DeVargas, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the DeVargas surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of DeVargas in America

DeVargas is the 37792nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The DeVargas surname appeared 588 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname DeVargas.

We can also compare 2010 data for DeVargas to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name DeVargas

The surname DeVargas has its origins in Spain, tracing back to the 15th century. It is believed to be derived from the Spanish words "de" meaning "from" and "vargas" referring to a place name. The earliest known spelling variations include De Vargas, Debargas, and De Bargas.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the DeVargas surname can be found in historical documents from the Kingdom of Castile, dated around 1480. These documents reference a nobleman named Diego de Vargas, who was granted land and titles by King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile.

In the late 16th century, a prominent figure bearing the DeVargas name was Juan de Oñate y Salazar, a Spanish conquistador and colonial governor of New Mexico. He was born in 1550 in Zacatecas, New Spain (present-day Mexico) and led the expedition that established the first Spanish settlement in New Mexico in 1598.

Another notable individual with the DeVargas surname was Diego de Vargas Zapata Luján Ponce de León, a Spanish colonial governor of New Mexico in the late 17th century. He was born in 1643 in Madrid, Spain, and is celebrated for his successful reconquest and resettlement of New Mexico after the Pueblo Revolt of 1680.

In the 18th century, a Dominican friar named Francisco Silvestre Vélez de Escalante, born in 1737 in Trebujena, Spain, took the name Francisco Atanasio Domínguez y Devargas upon joining the Order of Preachers. He is known for his explorations of the American West, leading the Domínguez-Escalante Expedition in 1776.

Another notable figure was José Francisco de Gálvez y Gallardo, Marquis of Sonora, a Spanish military leader and colonial administrator born in 1720 in Málaga, Spain. He played a crucial role in the Spanish colonization of California and the expulsion of the Jesuits from New Spain.

While the DeVargas surname has its roots in Spain, it has since spread to various parts of the world, particularly to regions that were once part of the Spanish Empire or had significant Spanish influence.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name DeVargas

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname DeVargas.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for DeVargas was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of DeVargas has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name DeVargas was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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