Virga
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in English: A type of note used in plainsong notation, having a tail and representing a single tone
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈvɝɡə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Virga is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Italy than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 369K(measured from records)
- ITItaly≈1 in 43K
- LTLithuania≈1 in 47K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Italy (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 209 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 43K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,400 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Italy, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A type of note used in plainsong notation, having a tail and representing a single tone.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
How Virga is read(measured from records)
Virga is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 3 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English57%
A type of note used in plainsong notation, having a tail and representing a single tone.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Spanish21%
feminine singular of virgo
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Italian5.5%
variante arcaica de Verga
as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
Variante di Verga
as a nameDizionario dei cognomi italiani
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Virga counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IT Italy | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 43K | listed | Virga | 25 |
| US United States | 901 | 1 in 369K | 917 | Virga | 209 |
| AR Argentina | 434 | 1 in 105K | 434 | — | — |
| FR France | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 451K | 13 | — | 1 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 530K | 11 | Virga | 22 |
| LT Lithuania | ≈59 est. | ≈1 in 47K | listed | — | — |
| LV Latvia | ≈24 est. | ≈1 in 79K | 2 | — | 1 |
| EE Estonia | ≈16 est. | ≈1 in 78K | 8 | — | 2 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); the italian-surnames-defelice-1978 register; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed); PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Virga is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Estonian, genitive singular of virk
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latin, twig, young shoot
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Pietro Virgab. 1920ITItalian professor of public law (1920–2004)
- Vincenzo Virgab. 1936ITItalian mob boss
- Valerio Virgab. 1986ITItalian footballer
- Federico Virgab. 1993ITassociation football player
- Samuel Virgab. 2002SKSlovak floorball player
- Francesco Virgafilm producer
- Epifanio G. Virgaresearcher
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 26 sources across 15 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 917 | #25,356 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 901 | #26,932 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 840 | #29,865 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 434 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 25 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 25 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 18 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 17 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 13 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 11 | #134,717 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 10 | — |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 8 | #12,496 |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Virga mean, and where does it come from?
- A type of note used in plainsong notation, having a tail and representing a single tone. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Virga?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈvɝɡə/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Virga have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.4 thousand people named Virga in Italy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled virga.
- How common is the name Virga?
- In the United States, the national register counted 901 people named Virga in 2010, about 1 in 369 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/virgaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Virga”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.