In Croatia, Varela families are Croats (from Pozega area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rama, Bosnia (Prozor area) and in Pozega.
Prevalence
About 30 people with faimily name Varela live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are only located in four Croatian cities and four other places, mostly in Eminovci (10) and Jaksic (<10) in Pozega area, Dubrovnik (<5), Samobor (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).