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The surname Zager

A surname, carried by 1,310 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex Z260

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Zager is more common than 87.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,310 people named Zager in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 235,684 Americans. That is down 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,325.

#20,299
rank among US surnames
1,310
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
-1.1%
change since 2000 (was #19,018)

Who is named Zager

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

94% of people named Zager identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
  • Two or more races 1.8%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Zager

Zager has the Soundex code Z260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Z260.

Questions

How common is the surname Zager?
1,310 people in the United States had the surname Zager in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 235,684 Americans. It ranked 20,299th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Zager?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Zager identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Zager getting more or less common?
Less common. 1,325 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,310 in 2010, down 1.1%.