Virta Explained

Virta
Meaning:	"river", from virta ("river, stream")
Region:	Finland
Language:	Finnish
Variant:	Virtanen

Virta (also written as Wirta) is a Laine type Finnish surname (in Finnish, it means "river" or "stream"). Notable people with the surname include:

• Hannu Virta (born 1963), Finnish ice hockey player
• Nikolai Virta (1906–1976), Russian writer, Stalin Prize winner
• Olavi Virta (1915–1972), Finnish singer, "king of Finnish tango"
• Päivi Virta (born 1964), Finnish ice hockey player
• Patrik Virta (born 1996), Finnish ice hockey player
• Sofia Virta (born 1990), Finnish politician
• Tony Virta (born 1972), Finnish ice hockey player