Varro History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Spain

The noble surname Varro is of Spanish descent, and has toponymic origins. Therefore the surname is derived from the name of the place of residence of the initial bearer of the name. The Castilian word "baro" is, in fact, of Greek origin and means "heaviness, gravity."

Early Origins of the Varro family

The surname Varro was first found in the province of Burgos, an area of the kingdom of Castile, one of the most influential Christian kingdoms of the Middle Ages.

Early History of the Varro family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Varro research. Another 93 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1627, 1641, 1652 and 1687 are included under the topic Early Varro History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Varro Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Varo, Varro, Varol, Baró and others.

Early Notables of the Varro family

Prominent among bearers of the Varro family name at this time was Baltasar Baro, a French writer who was one of the first members of the French Academy in the 17th...
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Varro migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Varro Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

F J P Varro, who arrived in Washington County, Pennsylvania in 1863 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Varro (post 1700) +

Varro Eugene Tyler (1926-2001), American professor of pharmacognosy and philatelist

Citations +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)