The Neger surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 123 people carried this name — #127,948 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted.
What the name means
The meaning of the Neger surname
A surname originating as an occupation.
From a Low German variant of Näher
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Neger» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 57 people named Neger.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Moselle.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Neger,
with a public archive behind them.
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Franz Wilhelm Neger 1868–1923 · university teacher
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Srul Neger 1881–1940
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Scheindl Neger 1887–1940
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Hans Neger 1902–1975 · association football player
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Richard Neger 1908– · civil engineer
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Ernst Neger 1909–1989 · singer
Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Neger.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Neger is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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