The Verga surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 841 people carried this name — #28,380 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 344,800 people counted. That is up 8% from 776 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Verga surname
From verga (“crook”), possibly in reference to the job of a shepherd.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Verga» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 370 people named Verga live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
78 people named Verga live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 64 people named Verga.
17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Verga,
with a public archive behind them.
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Isidoro Verga 1832–1899 · Catholic priest -
Napoleone Verga 1833–1916 · artist -
Giovanni Verga 1840–1922 · screenwriter -
Carlos Verga d. 2019 · basketball player
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Giovanni Verga 1801–2000 · physician
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Luigi Verga 1808–1878
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Verga.
- Verdoni 120 · U.S. census
- Verdu 141 · U.S. census
- Verdun 689 · U.S. census
- Vere 126 · U.S. census
- Vereecke 222 · U.S. census
- Verfaillie 151 · U.S. census
- Vergara 15,618 · U.S. census
- Verge 779 · U.S. census
- Verger 133 · U.S. census
- Verges 635 · U.S. census
- Vergin 362 · U.S. census
- Vergos 174 · U.S. census
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