Varga (surname)

Varga

Origin
Language(s)	Hungarian
Meaning	shoemaker
Region of origin	Hungarian-speaking areas of Central Europe, especially Hungary
Other names
Variant form(s)	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
• Eugen Varga (Hungarian: Varga Jenő; 1879–1964), Hungarian Marxist economist
• Ferenc Varga (born 1925), Hungarian sprint canoeist
• Gabor Varga (1961–2006), Swedish aviator
• Gabriel Varga (born 1985), Canadian kickboxer
• István Varga (disambiguation), several people
• János Varga (born 1939), Hungarian wrestler
• 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 (1947–2017), 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), Slovak footballer
• Tamás Varga (born 1975), Hungarian water polo player
• Velimir Varga (born 1980), Slovenian-Croat footballer
• Zoltán Varga (disambiguation), several 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