# Dager (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dager/  
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 Catalan.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Catalan |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 594 |
| US rank (2010) | 37,492 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 519,774 people |
| Change since 2000 | +9.6% (542 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a Catalan surname, variant of Daguer, from the noun daguer (“knifesmith”). * As a Hispanic (Spanish) surname, variant of Basque (Gipuzkoa) Daguer, a variant of French Daguerre, a habitational name from de + Aguerre, a place in Béarn, itself from Basque. See Aguirre.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dager 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) | 74% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 23% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Similar surnames

Dugger, Dasher, Decker, Dozier, Dockery, Desir, Dekker, DeGraw, Decaro, Ducker, Decuir, Disher.

## 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.