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{{Short description|Family name}}
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|meaning = "white"
|region = [[Estonia]]
|languageorigin = [[Estonian language|Estonian]]
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'''Valge''' is an [[Estonian language|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.<ref name="Valge" /> The surname Valge is the most common in [[Võru County]], where 13.58 per 10,000 inhabitants of the county bear the surname.<ref name="Valge">[https://www.stat.ee/nimed/ Nimede statistika]. ''Väli''. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2021.</ref>
Notable people bearing the Valge surname include:
*{{ill|Allan Valge|et}} (1979–2015), mountaineer
*{{ill|Anne Valge|et}} (1954–2013), actress
*[[Jaak Valge]] (born 1955), historian and politician
*{{ill|Jüri Valge|et}} (born 1948), linguist
*[[Robert Valge]] (born 1997), basketball player
*[[Riivo Valge]] (born 1975), military colonel
*{{ill|Voldemar Valge|et}} (1909–2002), singer
==See also==
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==References==
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