# Auger (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/auger/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from French.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,182 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,911 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 73,827 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.9% (3,986 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /oʊˈʒeɪ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a French surname, borrowed from French Auger. * As a German surname, a variant of Auer, with the -g- said to reflect a West Frisian influence. * As an English surname, variant of Alger.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Auger in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Auger in the United States.

## People named Auger

- Arleen Auger, American soprano (1939–1993)

## Similar surnames

Ager, Aguero, Auxier, Auker, Aguirre, Asher, Acker, Aguiar, Acree, Azar, Aker, Acharya.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.