How rare is the last name Jaeger?

12,252 people in the United States have the last name Jaeger, about 1 in 24,396. It ranks #2,870 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

JAEGER

#2,870

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,252
About
1 in 24,396
This common or more
52.1%
Who bears it

Of the 12,252 people with the last name Jaeger, 92.2% reported their origin as White, 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 2.9% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Jaeger

#2,868 Slade · 12,257#2,869 Lance · 12,256#2,871 Willey · 12,241#2,872 Parris · 12,235

Spelled almost the same

2 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jaeger, most common first.

#8,795 Jager · 3,578#23,455 Jagger · 1,117

Also a first name

As a first name, Jaeger ranks #15,698 of 53,615, with 729 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2002, with 47 births. See Jaeger as a first name

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