Varga (surname)
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Family name | |
Meaning | shoemaker |
Region of origin | Hungarian-speaking areas of Central Europe, especially Hungary |
Language(s) of origin | Hungarian |
Related names | Vargha, Warga, Wargha (old Hungarian spellings) |
Varga or Vargha is a Hungarian language occupational surname derived from the Hungarian term "Varga" (ancient term, not used in contemporary Hungarian) which means "leatherworker" or leather repairman; someone who works with leather. As such, varga also used to refer to saddle makers, shoemakers or boot makers.
- People with surname Varga
- Ádám Varga (born 1999), Hungarian footballer
- Béla Varga (wrestler) (1888–1969), Hungarian Olympic wrestler
- Béla Varga (politician) (1903–1995), Hungarian Catholic priest and politician
- Dacian Varga (born 1984), Romanian footballer
- Dániel Varga (born 1983), Hungarian water polo player
- Dénes Varga (born 1987), Hungarian water polo player
- Erik Varga (born 1976), Slovak sports shooter
- Ferenc Varga (born 1925), Hungarian sprint canoeist
- Gabor Varga (1961–2006), Swedish aviator
- Gabriel Varga (born 1985), Canadian kickboxer
- István Varga (born 1943), Hungarian handball player
- János Varga (born 1939), Hungarian wrestler
- Eugen Varga (Hungarian: Varga Jenő; 1879–1964), Hungarian Marxist economist
- József Varga (born 1954), Hungarian footballer
- József Varga (born 1988), Hungarian footballer
- Judit Varga (born 1976), Hungarian athlete
- Laszlo Varga (cellist), Hungarian-American cellist (retired 2000)
- László Varga (footballer) (born 1987), Hungarian footballer
- Marián Varga (born 1947), Slovak musician and composer
- Melinda Varga (born 1977), Australian reality TV personality
- Michel Varga, Hungarian Trotskyist activist (active from 1950s)
- Miklós Varga (born 1987), Hungarian boxer
- Miroslav Varga, Czech sport shooter
- Norbert Varga (born 1980), Romanian footballer
- Peter Varga (born 1998), Slovak footballer
- Péter Varga (born 1974), Hungarian kickboxer
- Richard S. Varga (born 1928), American mathematician
- Roland Varga (athlete) (born 1967), Hungarian discus thrower
- Roland Varga (footballer) (born 1989), Hungarian footballer
- Stanislav Varga (born 1972), Slovakian footballer
- Tamás Varga (born 1975), Hungarian water polo player
- Velimir Varga (born 1980), Slovenian-Croat footballer
- Zoltán Varga (disambiguation), numerous people
- Zsolt Varga (born 1972), Hungarian water polo player who competed in the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics
- Zsolt Varga (born 1978), Hungarian water polo player
- Zsolt Varga (canoer), Hungarian sprint canoer
- Zvonko Varga (born 1959), Serbian footballer
- People with surname Vargha
- Csongor Vargha (born 1946), Hungarian sprint canoeist
- Ilona Vargha (1910–1973), Hungarian fencer
- János Vargha (born 1949), Hungarian biologist and environmentalist
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