This paper presents an analysis of variations of areal parameters on surfaces. Textures were measured using stylus equipment. After form removal, parameters from the ISO 25178 standard were computed using TalyMap Gold software. Then measured areas of these topographies were divided into smaller sub-areas, for which the parameters were calculated again. Relative deviations between parameters from measured areas and sub-areas were calculated as well as the coefficients of variation of parameters in sub-areas. The tendencies of parameter variations for various types of measured surfaces were studied. Parameters that were stable for surfaces and sensitive to surface irregularities were selected. Notation S q root mean square height S sk skewness S ku kurtosis S p maximum peak height S v maximum pit height S z maximum height of the surface S a arithmetic mean height S mr areal material ratio S mc inverse areal material ratio S xp peak extreme height S al autocorrelation length S tr texture aspect ratio S td texture direction S dq root mean square gradient S dr developed interfacial area ratio S pd peak density S pc arithmetic mean peak curvature S 10z ten point height S 5p five point peak height S 5v five point pit height S da mean dale area S ha mean hill area S dv mean dale volume S hv mean hill volume S k core roughness depth S pk reduced peak height S vk reduced valley depth S r1 upper bearing area S r2 lower bearing area RECEIVED