Vergara
A Spanish habitational surname originally tied to places named Vergara, especially the town in Gipuzkoa, Spain.
The #2,332 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 19,769 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Vergara is a habitational surname: it was originally given to people from a place called Vergara. The best-known place is the town of Vergara in Gipuzkoa, in the Basque Country of Spain. The exact place-name meaning is not fully settled, but it is generally treated as a local geographic name rather than a descriptive nickname or occupational term.
History
The surname appears in Spanish and Hispanic records as a name carried by families associated with the Basque town of Vergara. It spread through Spain and later to Latin America, where it is now most common in Spanish-speaking countries. Historical sources also show it attached to notable lineages and houses, which helped preserve it as a hereditary surname.
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Fun fact
Vergara is also the name of a well-known town in Gipuzkoa, so the surname often points back to a specific place of origin.
From the historical record
“Miguel Vergara Roberto Escalante Nolasco Zamorano Arturo Escalante Honorato Farias Emilio Glanter Ramon Fernandez Olga Tapia ' Juan Villamala Juana M. Pinochet”
— Diccionario de los apellidos