How common is the surname Eger?

1,798 people in the United States had the surname Eger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 171,716 Americans. It ranked 16,100th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Eger?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Eger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Where is the surname Eger most common?

Wikidata records people named Eger in Germany.

Is the surname Eger getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,845 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,798 in 2010, down 2.5%.

The surname Eger

A surname, carried by 1,798 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Eger is more common than 90.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,798 people named Eger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 171,716 Americans. That is down 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,845.

#16,100

rank among US surnames

1,798

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-2.5%

change since 2000 (was #14,764)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,098	Ferron	1,799	171,621
#16,100	Coughlan	1,798	171,716
#16,108	Parshall	1,797	171,812

Who is named Eger

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

93% of people named Eger identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.4%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Egers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Günther Eger
Bobsledder, born 1964

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Eger

Eger has the Soundex code E260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E260.

Questions

How common is the surname Eger?: 1,798 people in the United States had the surname Eger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 171,716 Americans. It ranked 16,100th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Eger?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Eger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Eger?: Günther Eger, bobsledder.
Where is the surname Eger most common?: Wikidata records people named Eger in Germany.
Is the surname Eger getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,845 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,798 in 2010, down 2.5%.