Valge
Family name
| Origin | |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Estonian |
| Meaning | "white" |
| Region of origin | Estonia |
Valge is an Estonian surname meaning "white". As of 1 January 2021, 292 men and 315 women in Estonia have the surname Valge. Valge is ranked as the 154th most common surname for men in Estonia, and 159th for women.[1] The surname Valge is the most common in Võru County, where 13.58 per 10,000 inhabitants of the county bear the surname.[1]
Notable people bearing the Valge surname include:
- Allan Valge [et] (1979–2015), mountaineer
- Anne Valge [et] (1954–2013), actress
- Jaak Valge (born 1955), historian and politician
- Jüri Valge [et] (born 1948), linguist
- Robert Valge (born 1997), basketball player
- Riivo Valge (born 1975), military colonel
- Voldemar Valge [et] (1909–2002), singer
See also
- All pages with titles containing Valge
References
- ^ a b Nimede statistika. Väli. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
Surname list
This page lists people with the surname Valge. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.
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Surnames derived from the color White
- White/Whyte
- Wight
- McElwain/McElwaine
- McIlwain, McIlwaine
- Gwyn/Gwynn/Gwynne
- Le Guen
- Weiss, Weiß , Weisse, Wyss
- Weisz (Hungarian spelling, from Austria-Hungary times)
