Feger surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Feger surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 690 people carried this name — #33,164 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is down 3% from 715 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 414 people named Feger.

10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 départements, most often Côtes-d’Armor.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 10
Côtes-d’Armor 97
Bas-Rhin 91
Moselle 85
Paris 30
Haut-Rhin 27
Ain 14
Marne 10
Seine-Maritime 5

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

62 people named Feger live in Switzerland.

They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 14
Valais 10
Thurgau 8
St. Gallen 7
Lucerne 6
Aargau 5
Geneva 3
Basel-Stadt 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

Who carried it

People named Feger,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Thomas Feger 1800–1884 · bookseller
  • Placidus Feger 1804–1882 · Catholic theologian
  • Alfons Feger 1856–1933 · politician
  • Johann Jakob Feger 1863–1934 · politician
  • Eugen Feger 1902–1969 · artist
  • Otto Feger 1905–1968 · historian

Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Feger is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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