Warga

See also: warga, wargą, and Wargą

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Warga.

Proper noun

Warga (plural Wargas)

1. A surname from Polish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Warga is the 38582^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 573 individuals. Warga is most common among White (96.86%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Warga”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Dutch

Etymology

Potentially attested as wartengahe in 944, attested with certainty as werraga in 1441. Borrowed from West Frisian Wergea, derived in turn from a compound of Old Frisian Warte (a personal name) and ga (“village, village area”). Compare Warten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑr.ɣaː/
• Hyphenation: War‧ga

Proper noun

Warga n

1. A village in Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

From Polish warga (“lip”) or a respelling of Hungarian Varga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvar.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -arɡa
• Syllabification: War‧ga
• Homophone: warga

Proper noun

Warga m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Warga

	singular	plural
nominative	Warga	Wargowie
genitive	Wargi	Wargów
dative	Wardze	Wargom
accusative	Wargę	Wargów
instrumental	Wargą	Wargami
locative	Wardze	Wargach
vocative	Wargo	Wargowie

Proper noun

Warga f

1. a female surname

Declension

Declension of Warga

	singular	plural
nominative	Warga	Wargi
genitive	Wargi	Warg
dative	Wardze	Wargom
accusative	Wargę	Wargi
instrumental	Wargą	Wargami
locative	Wardze	Wargach
vocative	Wargo	Wargi

Derived terms

• Warżanka
• Warżyna

Further reading

• “Warga”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022
• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Warga”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.