How common is the surname Jager?

4,356 people in the United States had the surname Jager in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,878 Americans. It ranked 7,621st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Jager?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Jager identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Jager?

Tom Jager, American swimmer, followed by Evan Jager.

Where is the surname Jager most common?

Wikidata records people named Jager in the United States and Austria.

How do you pronounce Jager?

Jager is /ˈjeɪ.ɡɚ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Jager getting more or less common?

More common. 3,445 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,356 in 2010, up 26%.

The surname Jager

A surname, carried by 4,356 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈjeɪ.ɡɚ/ 2 syllables Soundex J260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Jager is more common than 95.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,356 people named Jager in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 70,878 Americans. That is up 26% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,445.

#7,621

rank among US surnames

4,356

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+26.4%

change since 2000 (was #8,769)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,612	Urbano	4,368	70,684
#7,613	Saito	4,367	70,700
#7,614	Kasten	4,366	70,716
#7,616	Malin	4,365	70,732
#7,617	Colston	4,363	70,765
#7,618	Snapp	4,360	70,813
#7,619	Alas	4,358	70,846

Who is named Jager

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

92% of people named Jager identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 2.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Jagers

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tom Jager
American swimmer, born 1964
Evan Jager
American athletics competitor, born 1989
Michael Jäger
Austrian editor and amateur astronomer, born 1958
Albert Jäger
Austrian priest and historian (1801-1891)
Robert E. Jager
American composer, born 1939
Lukas Jäger
Austrian footballer, born 1994

Notable Jagers come mostly from the United States (3) and Austria (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Jager

Jager has the Soundex code J260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J260.

Questions

How common is the surname Jager?: 4,356 people in the United States had the surname Jager in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,878 Americans. It ranked 7,621st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Jager?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Jager identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Jager?: Tom Jager, American swimmer, followed by Evan Jager.
Where is the surname Jager most common?: Wikidata records people named Jager in the United States and Austria.
How do you pronounce Jager?: Jager is /ˈjeɪ.ɡɚ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Jager getting more or less common?: More common. 3,445 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,356 in 2010, up 26%.