The Lager surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,329 people carried this name — #20,099 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 222,200 people counted. That is down 3% from 1,376 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 463 people named Lager.
6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 41 départements, most often Ain.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 26 people named Lager 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 Misiones.
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
1,759 people named Lager are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Lager,
with a public archive behind them.
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Fritjof Lager 1905–1973 · politician -
Jacob (Jakob) Lager 1742–1789 · painter
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Benedicta Lager 1842–1912 · physician
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Ester Lager 1872–1958 · teacher
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Emanuel Lager 1876–1953 · piano maker
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Martin P. Lager 1886–1948 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lager.
- Laga 271 · U.S. census
- Lagana 1,182 · U.S. census
- Lagard 147 · U.S. census
- Lagarde 1,561 · U.S. census
- Lagasse 2,823 · U.S. census
- Lage 2,026 · U.S. census
- Lages 143 · U.S. census
- Lagesse 446 · U.S. census
- Lagier 102 · U.S. census
- Lagneaux 139 · U.S. census
- Lago 2,754 · U.S. census
- Lagoda 147 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Lager is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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