# Egger (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,334 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,728 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 92,605 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.3% (3,290 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Egger 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Egger in Austria.

## People named Egger

- Albin Egger-Lienz, Austrian painter (1868-1926)
- Sabine Egger, Austrian female Olympic alpine skier
- Joseph Egger, Austrian actor (1889-1966)
- Reinhard Egger, Austrian luger
- Magdalena Egger, Austrian alpine skier

## Similar surnames

Eager, Eger, Eicher, Ecker, Esser, Essary, Eaker, Esguerra, Esquer.

## 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.