Varela

Varela (plural Varelas)

1. A surname from Galician.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Varela is the 1321^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 26621 individuals. Varela is most common among Hispanic/Latino (90.42%) individuals.

• Alvear, Avelar, Valera, larvae, larvæ, lavrae

Dimunutive of vara.^[1] Attested since the 12th century.

• IPA^(key): /baˈɾɛla̝/

Varela

1. a surname

• “Varela” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Varela”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=varela

• IPA^(key): /baˈɾela/ [baˈɾe.la]
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: Va‧re‧la

Varela m or f by sense

1. a surname from Galician