Surname Varga in modern Croatia

Varga families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Cakovec. According to some sources they are from Bjelovar or Zlatar area, rarely Hungarians from Beli Manastir area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and Zagreb. In Salinovec in Ivanec every ninth inhabitant had the family name Varga.

Prevalence

About 2800 people with faimily name Varga live in Croatia today, in 1200 households. There were 3000 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 76 cities and 284 other places, mostly in Zagreb (395), Cakovec (200), Osijek (160), Zlatar (75), and in Varazdin (65).

Outside Croatia

At least 26 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (12), Australia (5), the United States (3), Switzerland (3), Austria (2), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name Varga (including: Warga , Vargha , Wargha and Vargaa ) is present in 102 countries worldwide. The family name "Varga " is used by some 100000 people in Hungary , about 30000 in Romania , and some 20000 people in the United States. "Vargha " is used by some 1000 people in Hungary , about 100 in Romania , and some 100 people in the United States. "Warga " is used by some 900 people in Ethiopia , about 800 in the United States , and some 400 people in Indonesia.

Characteristic first names

Siniša Varga, Nikola Varga, Darko Varga, Mirna Varga, Đino Varga, Boris Varga, Đurđica Varga, Mirko Varga, Suzana Varga, Stjepan Varga, Verica Varga, Eugen Varga, Aleksandar Varga, Stjepko Varga, Sanja Varga, Silvije Varga, Ivan Varga, Zlatko Varga, Bernarda Varga

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1669 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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