Verga History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Spain

Etymology of Verga

What does the name Verga mean?

The original bearer of the name Verga, which is a local surname, once lived, held land, or was born in the beautiful region of Spain. In Spain, hereditary surnames were adopted according to fairly general rules. Local names originally denoted the proprietorship of the village or estate. The name Verga is the Spanish form of the Basque name Bergara, which is a habitation name from numerous places so named in the provinces of Guipuzcoa and Navarre.

Early Origins of the Verga family

The surname Verga was first found in the Basque region of Spain, near Bilbao.

Early History of the Verga family

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Verga Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Vergara, Bergara and others.

Early Notables of the Verga family

were sixteenth century Spanish architect, sculptor and painter Nicolás de Vergara
eighteenth century Spanish sculptors Ignacio and Francisco Vergara
eighteenth century Spanish painter José Vergara
nineteenth century Colombian lawyer and politician Estanislao Vergara
nineteenth century Chilean journalist José Francisco Vergara
nineteenth century Colombian writer José María Vergara y Vergara
nineteenth century Colombian military official José María Vergara

Verga migration to the United States +

Verga Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

J M Verga, aged 55, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1859 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Verga (post 1700) +

Anthony J. Verga (1935-2023), American politician who represented the 5th Essex district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1995 to 2009
Robert J. Verga, American Republican politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 9th District, 1996 2
Elizabeth C. Verga, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1928 3
Giovanni Verga (1840-1922), Italian novelist

Sources +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 16) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html