The Yeager surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 22,634 people carried this name — #1,582 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 13,000 people counted. That is up 1% from 22,374 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Yeager surname
A surname originating as an occupation.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entries «Yeager» (English) and «Jäger» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In the first U.S. census, 1790
43 families named Yeager, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.
Each family is counted by its head. About 248 people lived in those households, 5.8 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 6 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.
Families, by state
U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 270 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.
In print
Yeager in American newspapers,
1903–1910.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 80,650 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Yeager in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1960s.
1,151 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Yeager. The most, 361, date from the 1890s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 2.9 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Yeager.
Who carried it
People named Yeager,
with a public archive behind them.
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Theodore Conrad Yeager 1838–1874 -
P. J. Yeager 1859– · politician -
Joe Yeager 1875–1937 · baseball player -
Lewis Yeager 1878–1906 · coach -
Chuck Yeager 1923–2020 · military officer
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 70 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Yeager,
in the records of 4 countries.
Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.
United States1,541 records
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 923
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 302
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 145
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 96
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 56
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 4
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
- Sacramento County historic burials 3
- Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 2
- New York State police and firefighter memorial rolls 1
- Ramsey County (Minnesota) Memorial Hall, war dead 1
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Example: U.S. war memorial War record Gregory Lee YeagerBorn 1948; from St Paul, Minnesota. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1967 in Quang Tin, South Vietnam. Buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minnesota.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Eugene O. YeagerBorn 1923 in North Carolina. Enlisted 1943 at Fort Bragg; construction laborer. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Gethsemane Memorial Park Gardens, North Carolina.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record James M. YeagerArrived at New York in 1883 aboard the City of Chester from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 25; broker.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
Showing 3 of 1,541 records for Yeager in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · New York State, Open NY (police and firefighter memorial rolls) · Ramsey County, Minnesota (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).
Australia5 records
- Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 3
- NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 2
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Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Clara A. YeagerArrived in Victoria in 1907 aboard the Ortona, aged 22.
Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: civil register, 1880 Death record William Tudor YeagerOf Philadelphia, United States; died 1904.
Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record W. T. YeagerArrived in Victoria in 1889 aboard the Ormuz, aged 36.
Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 3 of 5 records for Yeager in Australia.
Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).
New Zealand4 records
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Example: burial register, 1858 Burial record Maxwell Joseph YeagerBuried in 1974 at Totara Memorial Park Cemetery, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato, aged 25.
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Example: burial register, 1858 Burial record George Robert Benny YeagerDied 1991, aged 83; buried at Totara Memorial Park Cemetery, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato.
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Example: burial register, 1858 Burial record Mavis Anne YeagerBuried in 1984 at Totara Memorial Park Cemetery, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato, aged 65.
Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 3 of 4 records for Yeager in New Zealand.
Counts: Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).
Canada1 record
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Marie Eugenie Henrietta YeagerBuried in 1983 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.
City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).
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