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Varga (surname)

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Meaning
  
shoemaker

Language(s) of origin
  
Hungarian

Region of origin
  
Hungarian-speaking areas of Central Europe, especially Hungary

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
  • Béla Varga (born 1995), Canadian artist
  • 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
  • References

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