Oláh or Olah is a

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surname, which means "

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n", derived from the word ''volách'', and from that ''vlach'', meaning "

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" or "speaker of a

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"Olah Family History"
Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 10 January 2016. It's unclear how the surname came about. People who have this surname might have Romanian ancestry and possibly went through a process of Magyarization in the past. Related names include

Vlach "Vlach" ( or ), also "Wallachian" (and many other variants), is a historical term and exonym used from the Middle Ages until the Modern Era to designate mainly Romanians but also Aromanians, Megleno-Romanians, Istro-Romanians and other Easter ...

and Olasz. The surname may refer to: *

Adrian Olah Adrian Olah (born 30 April 1981 in Târgu Mureș) is a former Romanian football (soccer), footballer who played as a Defender (football), defender and as a midfielder. He is a currently the manager of the youth squad Juvenes Târgu Mureș. Club ...

(born 1981), Romanian football player *

Dávid Oláh Dávid Oláh (born 17 September 1988 in Nyíregyháza) is a Hungarian football player who currently plays for Várda SE Várda is a village in Somogy county, Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Centra ...

(born 1988), Hungarian football player *

Franz Olah Franz Olah (13 March 1910 – 4 September 2009) was an Austrian politician who served as the country's Interior Minister from 1963 until 1964 as a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ). Olah was born on 13 March 1910 in Vienna. He attended ...

(1910–2009), Austrian politician * George Olah (1927-2017), Hungarian chemist *

Gergő Oláh (footballer) Gergő Oláh (born 18 February 1989) is a Hungarian football defender. He made his professional debut in the 2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság I The 2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, also known as NB I, was the 111th season of top-tier football in ...

(born 1989), Hungarian football player *

Gergő Oláh (singer) Gergő Oláh (born 26 November 1988, Salgótarján) is a Hungarian singer and countertenor of Romani descent, most notable for winning the third season of X-Faktor and for participating in A Dal. Personal life & music career Before particip ...

(born 1988), Hungarian singer *

Ibolya Oláh Ibolya Oláh (born 31 January 1978) is a Hungarian pop singer. She was the runner-up of the first series of Hungarian television singing competition series ''Megasztár''. Ibolya is of Romani ancestry. She was born in Nyíregyháza and grew ...

(born 1978), Hungarian singer *

István Oláh István Oláh (16 December 1926 – 15 December 1985) was a Hungarian military officer and politician, who served as Minister of Defence from 1984 until his death. Biography In 1945, he became a volunteer in the Hungarian People's Army. Tha ...

(1926–1985), Hungarian politician * Karin Olah (born 1977), American artist * Katalin Oláh (born 1968), Hungarian orienteerer * Lóránt Oláh (born 1979), Serbian football player *

Nicolaus Olahus Nicolaus Olahus (Latin for ''Nicholas, the Vlach''; hu, Oláh Miklós; ro, Nicolae Valahul); 10 January 1493 – 15 January 1568) was the Archbishop of Esztergom, Primate of Hungary, and a distinguished Catholic prelate, humanist and historiog ...

(1493–1568), Hungarian archbishop *

Tiberiu Olah Tiberiu Olah or Tibor Oláh (2 January 1928 – 2 October 2002) was a Romanian-Hungarian composer, teacher and musicologist. Biography Tiberiu Olah was born in Arpad, Bihor, and began his studies at the Cluj Conservatory in 1946. From 1949-54 he ...

(1928–2002), Hungarian musician

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Stadion Oláh Gábor Út Stadion (Greek , Latin ''stadium'', nominative plural ''stadia'' in both Greek and Latin) may refer to: People * Christoph von Stadion (1478–1543), Prince-Bishop of Augsburg * Johann Philipp Stadion, Count von Warthausen (1763–1824), Austrian ...

, stadium in Debrecen, Hungary

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