How common is the surname Yeager?

22,634 people in the United States had the surname Yeager in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,641 Americans. It ranked 1,582nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Yeager?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Yeager identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Yeager?

Chuck Yeager, American World War II flying ace and test pilot; first pilot to fly faster than sound (192, followed by Bunny Yeager.

Where is the surname Yeager most common?

Wikidata records people named Yeager in the United States.

Is the surname Yeager getting more or less common?

More common. 22,374 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 22,634 in 2010, up 1.2%.

The surname Yeager

A surname, carried by 22,634 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex Y260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Yeager is more common than 99% of them.

Origin

From German Jäger.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 22,634 people named Yeager in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 13,641 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 22,374.

#1,582

rank among US surnames

22,634

people in 2010

7.7

per 100,000 Americans

+1.2%

change since 2000 (was #1,463)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,573	Arrington	22,840	13,518
#1,574	Goins	22,837	13,520
#1,575	Whaley	22,833	13,522
#1,576	Esposito	22,789	13,548
#1,577	Neff	22,764	13,563
#1,578	Mead	22,727	13,585
#1,579	Casillas	22,710	13,595

Who is named Yeager

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

94% of people named Yeager identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Yeagers

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Chuck Yeager
American World War II flying ace and test pilot; first pilot to fly faster than sound (192
Bunny Yeager
American photographer and model (1929–2014)
Jeana Yeager
American aviator, born 1952
William Yeager
American engineer, born 1940

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Yeager

Yeager has the Soundex code Y260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Y260.

Questions

Where does the surname Yeager come from?: From German Jäger.
How common is the surname Yeager?: 22,634 people in the United States had the surname Yeager in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,641 Americans. It ranked 1,582nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Yeager?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Yeager identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Yeager?: Chuck Yeager, American World War II flying ace and test pilot; first pilot to fly faster than sound (192, followed by Bunny Yeager.
Where is the surname Yeager most common?: Wikidata records people named Yeager in the United States.
Is the surname Yeager getting more or less common?: More common. 22,374 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 22,634 in 2010, up 1.2%.