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

The Mager surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 3,497 people carried this name — #8,657 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 76,900 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 302 people named Mager.

22 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 22
Bas-Rhin 85
Moselle 81
Paris 28
Vosges 19
Gironde 9
Finistère 7
Meurthe-et-Moselle 6
Vienne 5

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

In Poland’s population register

92 people named Mager have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 122 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.

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

Where they live today

Greater Poland 61
Lower Silesian 7
Opole 7
Subcarpathian 7
Pomeranian 5
Masovian 3
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

84 people named Mager live in Switzerland.

They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.

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

Where they live today

Aargau 13
Zurich 13
Basel-Landschaft 11
Bern 7
Zug 5
Thurgau 5
Schwyz 5
St. Gallen 5

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 62 people named Mager live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.

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

Where they live today

Liège 55
Limburg 7

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

When the index is not enough

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

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