Warga

Borrowed from Polish Warga.

Warga (plural Wargas)

1. A surname from Polish.

• 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.

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

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.

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

Warga n

1. A village in Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands

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

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

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

Warga m pers

1. a male surname

Warga f

1. a female surname

• “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.