How common is the surname Egger?

3,334 people in the United States had the surname Egger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,605 Americans. It ranked 9,728th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Egger?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Egger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Egger?

Albin Egger-Lienz, Austrian painter (1868-1926), followed by Sabine Egger.

Where is the surname Egger most common?

Wikidata records people named Egger in Austria.

Is the surname Egger getting more or less common?

More common. 3,290 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,334 in 2010, up 1.3%.

The surname Egger

A surname, carried by 3,334 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). Egger is more common than 94% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,334 people named Egger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 92,605 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,290.

#9,728

rank among US surnames

3,334

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+1.3%

change since 2000 (was #9,123)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,720	Mandell	3,337	92,522
#9,722	Mower	3,336	92,550
#9,727	Nevels	3,335	92,577
#9,728	Vale	3,334	92,605
#9,730	Suttle	3,333	92,633
#9,733	Frakes	3,332	92,661
#9,734	Strode	3,331	92,689

Who is named Egger

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

94% of people named Egger identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Eggers

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Albin Egger-Lienz
Austrian painter (1868-1926)
Sabine Egger
Austrian female Olympic alpine skier, born 1977
Joseph Egger
Austrian actor (1889-1966)
Reinhard Egger
Austrian luger, born 1989
Magdalena Egger
Austrian alpine skier, born 2001

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Egger

Egger 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 Egger?: 3,334 people in the United States had the surname Egger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,605 Americans. It ranked 9,728th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Egger?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Egger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Egger?: Albin Egger-Lienz, Austrian painter (1868-1926), followed by Sabine Egger.
Where is the surname Egger most common?: Wikidata records people named Egger in Austria.
Is the surname Egger getting more or less common?: More common. 3,290 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,334 in 2010, up 1.3%.