The surname Gager
A surname, carried by 1,261 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex G260
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,261 people named Gager in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 244,842 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,226.
#20,899
rank among US surnames
1,261
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+2.9%
change since 2000 (was #20,204)
Who is named Gager
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
88% of people named Gager identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 88%
- Black (not Hispanic) 4.9%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
- Two or more races 2.9%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Gager has the Soundex code G260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G260.
Questions
- How common is the surname Gager?
- 1,261 people in the United States had the surname Gager in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 244,842 Americans. It ranked 20,899th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Gager?
- In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Gager identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Gager getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,226 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,261 in 2010, up 2.9%.