Varela
Varela is a Galician, Spanish and Portuguese surname originating from Galicia.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Abigail Varela, Venezuelan artist
- Adilson Tavares Varela, footballer
- Adrián Varela, Mexican reality show contestant
- Adriana Varela, Argentine tango singer
- Alan Varela, Argentine footballer
- Alberto Varela, Uruguayan fencer
- Alejandro Varela, Spanish footballer
- Alejandro Varela, American fiction writer
- Alfredo Varela (disambiguation), several people
- Amancio (footballer), full name Amancio Amaro Varela, Spanish footballer
- Ângelo Varela, Portuguese footballer
- Antonio María Rouco Varela, Spanish Catholic cardinal
- Benjamin Varela, Puerto Rican wrestler
- Blanca Varela, Peruvian poet
- Brianna Varela, see List of Survivor (American TV series) contestants
- Bruno Varela, Portuguese footballer
- Carlos Varela (disambiguation), several people
- Conny Varela, Puerto Rican politician
- Cristopher Varela, Venezuelan footballer
- Cybèle Varela, Brazilian artist
- Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Spanish politician
- Daniela Varela, Portuguese singer and songwriter
- Edgar Varela (baseball), American baseball player and coach
- Eduardo Varela, Mexican journalist
- Enrique Bermúdez Varela, Nicaraguan soldier and rebel
- Erika Varela, Mexican cyclist
- Euclides Varela, Cape Verdean long-distance runner
- Fagundes Varela, Brazilian poet
- Federico Varela, Argentine footballer
- Felipe Varela, Spanish fashion designer
- Félix Varela, Cuban and United States venerated Catholic priest
- Fernando Varela (disambiguation), several people
- Florencio Varela (writer), Argentine writer, poet, journalist and educator
- Francisco Varela (disambiguation), several people
- Froilán Varela, Uruguayan actor
- Gerardo Varela, Chilean lawyer and politician
- Gilson Varela, Cape Verdean footballer
- Guillermo Varela, Uruguayan footballer
- Gustavo Varela, Uruguayan footballer
- Gustavo Varela (footballer, born 2005), Portuguese footballer
- Héctor Varela (disambiguation), several people
- Hugo Varela, Spanish squash player
- Iris Varela, Venezuelan lawyer and politician
- Jairo Varela, Colombian musician in Grupo Niche
- Javier Varela, Mexican field hockey player
- Jazmín Beccar Varela, Argentinian actress
- Jesus Varela, Filipino Catholic bishop
- Jhonata Varela, Brazilian footballer
- João Varela (disambiguation), several people
- Joaquín Varela (disambiguation), several people
- John Varela, Colombian footballer
- Jorge Varela (disambiguation), several people
- José Varela (disambiguation), several people
- Juan Carlos Varela, President of Panama
- Julia Varela, Spanish radio and television journalist
- Keyan Varela, Portuguese footballer
- Leonor Varela, Chilean actress
- Lorenzo Varela, Spanish poet
- Luciano Varela, Spanish judge
- Lucky Varela, American politician
- Luis Varela (disambiguation), several people
- Manuel Varela (disambiguation), several people
- Mariana Varela, Miss Universe Argentina 2019 and Miss Grand Argentina 2020
- Maria Varela, Mexican-American civil rights organizer and author
- Marquesa de Varela, Uruguayan media executive specialising in celebrity interviews
- Marta Varela, Argentine composer, pianist, and teacher
- Matias Varela, Swedish actor
- Mauro Varela, Spanish banker, lawyer and politician
- Migdia Chinea Varela, American actress
- Miguel Varela, Filipino businessman and lawyer
- Nico Varela, Uruguayan footballer
- Nilton Varela, Portuguese footballer
- Obdulio Varela, Uruguayan footballer
- Omar Varela, Uruguayan actor, theatre director and playwright
- Pany Varela, full name Anilton César Varela da Silva, futsal player
- Pedro Varela, president of Uruguay in 1868 and from 1875 to 1876
- Pedro Varela Geiss, Spanish writer, bookseller and Holocaust denier
- Reinaldo Varela, Brazilian four-wheeler motorcycle rider
- Rui Varela, Portuguese footballer
- Severino Varela, Uruguayan footballer
- Silvestre Varela, Portuguese footballer
- Sofía Varela, Costa Rican footballer
- Tanza Varela, Chilean actress and model
- Tilsia Varela, Venezuelan chess player
- Tomás Varela, Cuban hockey player
- Toni Varela, Cape Verdean footballer
- Víctor Varela, Swedish composer
- Vitalina Varela (actress), Cape Verdean actress
- Wilber Varela, Colombian drug lord
- Yan Bartelemí, full name Yan Bartelemí Varela, Cuban boxer
- Yolanda Varela, Mexican actress