The Jaeger surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,436 people carried this name — #2,887 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 23,700 people counted. That is up 1% from 12,298 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,310 people named Jaeger.
43 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 59 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
305 people named Jaeger live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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.
In Poland’s population register
65 people named Jaeger have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 127 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 8 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Opole.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 58 people named Jaeger live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
680 people named Jaeger are counted in Norway and Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Jaeger in American newspapers,
1899–1959.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 80,049 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Jaeger,
with a public archive behind them.
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Adolf Hermann Jaeger 1832–1899 · politician -
Johannes Jaeger 1832–1908 · photographer -
Karl Jäger 1833–1887 · teacher -
Hermann Jaeger 1844–1895 -
August Jaeger 1860–1909 · composer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 214 lives in all are documented under this name.
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