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| 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.
- ^ The Jeff Malka Sephardic Collection: Sephardim.com Namelist. Jewishgen (2024).