Explore the Family Name Varndell

The meaning of Varndell

English: habitational name from Farthingdale in Lingfield (Surrey), which is recorded as le Farndelle and le Farendell in 1418. The placename appears to derive from a southern dialect variant of Old English fearn ‘fern’ + dell ‘pit, dell, valley’, but it may alternatively derive from Middle English ferthen-del, faren-del ‘fourth part, quarter of a virgate or acre of land’.

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How common is the last name Varndell in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Varndell slightly declined between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the surname Varndell ranked 74,675th in popularity and this ranking fell by 0.53% to 75,069th by 2010. Despite this decline in rank, the actual count of individuals with the Varndell surname increased by approximately 6.64%, from 241 people in 2000 to 257 in 2010. The proportion of people carrying the surname per 100k population remained stable at 0.09.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#74,675	#75,069	-0.53%
Count	241	257	6.64%
Proportion per 100k	0.09	0.09	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Varndell

Ethnicity-wise, according to the Decennial U.S. Census, the Varndell surname is predominantly associated with the White ethnic identity. In 2000, about 96.68% of individuals with the Varndell surname identified as White, declining slightly to 96.50% in 2010. There were no recorded instances of the Varndell surname within Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, Hispanic or American Indian and Alaskan Native populations in either 2000 or 2010. Additionally, there were no individuals who identified with two or more races using the Varndell surname during these years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.68%	96.5%	-0.19%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%